George E Boulukos (12 results)

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Contents: Berland, William Byrd's sexual lexicography. Boulukos, Maria Edgeworth's "grateful Negro" and the sentimental argument for slavery. Gelineau, Dryden's portrait of Kneller in "To Sir Godfrey Kneller." Porter, From Chinese to Goth: Walpole and teh Gothic repudiation of Chinoiserie. Shuttleton, "Pamela's Library": Samuel Richardson and Dr. Cheyne's "universal cure." Williamson, Hogarth and the Strangelove effect. Edgecombe, Habakkuk 2.2, Cowper's "Tirocinium," and Keble's "Septuagesima Sunday." Mahony, Retrieving eighteenth-century Ireland (review essay). Book reviews. 9.0" tall; 124 pages.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Maria Edgeworth's "Grateful Negro" and the Sentimental Argument for Slavery, by George E. Boulukos. pp. 12-29 29 pp.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 269 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A lavishly illustrated manuscript from the eighteenth century now being published for the first time, Thomas Hammonds memoirs are a major discovery. This abandoned waif embarks on a long journey through bewildering foreign landsworking by turns as a stableboy, jockey, servant to French nobles, itinerant circus rider, and entertainment entrepreneuronly to recover his home and father at the end of his travels. Personal narratives by the eighteenth-centurys nonelites are exceedingly rare, and Hammonds memoir provides a wonderfully vivid depiction of the texture of everyday life in this era. Possessed of a dry wit, Hammond can be hilarious, offering uproarious descriptions of stableboy pranks, but he can also be compellingly frank about his emotions, revealing how deprived of love he felt as a young boy, or earnestly recounting how he fell in love with his masters wife. This edition includes numerous illustrations from the original manuscriptHammonds own hand-drawn travel maps and depictions of bullfighting as well as various images of the equestrian life collected by Hammond, many in brilliant color. This edition includes numerous illustrations from the original manuscript--Hammond's own hand-drawn travel maps and depictions of bullfighting as well as various images of the equestrian life collected by Hammond, many in brilliant color. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 303 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnA lavishly illustrated manuscript from the eighteenth century now being published for the first time, Thomas Hammond s memoirs are a major discovery. This abandoned waif embarks on a journey through bewildering foreign lands - wor.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A lavishly illustrated manuscript from the eighteenth century now being published for the first time, Thomas Hammond's memoirs are a major discovery. This abandoned waif embarks on a journey through bewildering foreign lands - working by turns as a stableboy, jockey, servant to French nobles, itinerant circus rider, and entertainment entrepreneur - only to recover his home and father at the end of his travels. …