PAINFUL DETAILS: TWELVE VICTORIAN SCANDALS
Published by Max Parrish & Co., London: UK, 1962
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.MURDER BY THE BOOK
AbeBooks seller since April 23, 1997
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 35.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, small tear along head, light wear along edges, else near fine. Not only were the Victorians as capable of folly as we are, but they were just as capable of reporting it to their newspapers and journals. They hinted at what could not be described by the use of a standard expression which is the title of this book. This selection includes the stories of Lady Twiss, Lord Ferrers; Lady Colin Campbell; The Prince of Wales and Lord Randolph Churchill; Lily Langtry; Lady Mordaunt; Sir John Dean Paul; The Earl of Euston; Colonel Valentine Baker; Lord Frankfort and T.C. Druce and the Portland Case. Bibliography and Index.
Seller Inventory # 017957
Bibliographic details
- Title
- PAINFUL DETAILS: TWELVE VICTORIAN SCANDALS
- Author
- Harrison, Michael
- Publisher
- Max Parrish & Co., London: UK
- Publication year
- 1962
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- England, Historical, Mystery and Crime, True Crime, Victorian, XBX 25
MURDER BY THE BOOK
Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since April 23, 1997
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