HOW TO BE A VICTORIAN:
A Dawn to Dusk Guide to Victorian Life
By Ruth Goodman
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation/A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, (2014).
First American edition, First printing.
"First American edition" statement and first printing number code sequence 1 through 0 to the copyright page.
Illustrated with one-hundred-twelve figures and with twenty-four photographed illustrations on glossy color plates.
Goodman lived in re-created Victorian conditions to bring understanding and empathy to this well-researched, detailed guide to Victorian daily life that includes examples of teeth brushing, washing, sitting in difficult fashions, diet, activities, customs, getting dressed, cooking, social duties, fashions for differing occasions, and much more.
Fine, tight and probably unread in black linen boards over smooth cream-yellow boards with gilt embossed titles to the spine, red headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $29.95 price still intact to the front inner flap.
Octavo; 458 pages; index.
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