1978 The Day Before Yesterday Victorian Edwardian Britain Photography HC DJ
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The Day Before Yesterday: A Photographic Album of Daily Life in Victorian and Edwardian Britain is an illustrated exploration of British social history, introduced by Peter Quennell. Its historical photographs bring working lives, village streets, transport, and leisure into close view, making it an appealing volume for photography collectors, British history enthusiasts, and researchers of period dress and everyday life.
Featuring over 300 photographs by Francis Frith and others, the book records a changing Britain from the Victorian era into the Edwardian years. Subjects illustrated include fishing communities, Cornish mining, canal traffic, street scenes, and rural occupations, with descriptive captions identifying places and historical context.
Photographic research by Harold Chapman and Thelma Shumsky; captions by Joanna Smith. Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, copyright 1978. First printing of this Scribner’s edition, with the number line including 1. Printed in Great Britain.
Hardcover with its illustrated dust jacket, retaining the original $14.95 flap price. ISBN: 0-684-16066-8.
Condition: Good, with a Good dust jacket. Jacket shows rubbing, scattered marks and discoloration, edge creasing, and small tears and chips at the corners and spine ends. A strip of tape secures the front jacket flap to the front endpaper. Page edges show light age toning and scattered spotting. Interior pages shown are generally clean, with clear photographic reproductions. Please review the photographs for condition details.
SKU D-10
1978 The Day Before Yesterday Victorian Edwardian Britain Photography HC DJ
$85.00
Featuring over 300 photographs by Francis Frith and others, the book records a changing Britain from the Victorian era into the Edwardian years. Subjects illustrated include fishing communities, Cornish mining, canal traffic, street scenes, and rural occupations, with descriptive captions identifying places and historical context.
Photographic research by Harold Chapman and Thelma Shumsky; captions by Joanna Smith. Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, copyright 1978. First printing of this Scribner’s edition, with the number line including 1. Printed in Great Britain.
Hardcover with its illustrated dust jacket, retaining the original $14.95 flap price. ISBN: 0-684-16066-8.
Condition: Good, with a Good dust jacket. Jacket shows rubbing, scattered marks and discoloration, edge creasing, and small tears and chips at the corners and spine ends. A strip of tape secures the front jacket flap to the front endpaper. Page edges show light age toning and scattered spotting. Interior pages shown are generally clean, with clear photographic reproductions. Please review the photographs for condition details.
SKU D-10