1980 Victorian Working Women Michael Hiley 1st US Edition Hardcover DJ
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Victorian Working Women: Portraits from Life by Michael Hiley is an illustrated exploration of women’s labor, everyday life, and social class in nineteenth-century England. For readers interested in women’s history, early photography, and Victorian society, it broadens understanding of the women whose work sustained daily life but often received little recognition.
Drawing on Arthur Munby’s journals, photographs, and sketches, Hiley combines historical commentary with firsthand observations of working women. The book explores their clothing, occupations, social standing, and the restrictions imposed by Victorian expectations of gender and respectability.
Illustrated with period photographic portraits, drawings, and documentary material, including scenes of domestic labor and contemporary representations of women entering traditionally male occupations. Also examines Munby’s relationship with the domestic servant he married. Includes bibliographical references and an index.
Published by David R. Godine, Boston, 1980. Explicitly stated First U.S. Edition, following the original British publication in 1979. Burgundy cloth hardcover with illustrated dust jacket and clear protective jacket cover. ISBN: 0879233249.
Condition: Very Good. Cloth boards show light rubbing and minor surface marks. Page edges have scattered foxing and light age toning; interior pages shown are clean and clearly readable. Dust jacket shows light wear, rubbing, and mild edge creasing, with the original $18.95 price present. Clear protective cover has surface scratches. Please review all photographs.
SKU D-3
1980 Victorian Working Women Michael Hiley 1st US Edition Hardcover DJ
$60.00
Drawing on Arthur Munby’s journals, photographs, and sketches, Hiley combines historical commentary with firsthand observations of working women. The book explores their clothing, occupations, social standing, and the restrictions imposed by Victorian expectations of gender and respectability.
Illustrated with period photographic portraits, drawings, and documentary material, including scenes of domestic labor and contemporary representations of women entering traditionally male occupations. Also examines Munby’s relationship with the domestic servant he married. Includes bibliographical references and an index.
Published by David R. Godine, Boston, 1980. Explicitly stated First U.S. Edition, following the original British publication in 1979. Burgundy cloth hardcover with illustrated dust jacket and clear protective jacket cover. ISBN: 0879233249.
Condition: Very Good. Cloth boards show light rubbing and minor surface marks. Page edges have scattered foxing and light age toning; interior pages shown are clean and clearly readable. Dust jacket shows light wear, rubbing, and mild edge creasing, with the original $18.95 price present. Clear protective cover has surface scratches. Please review all photographs.
SKU D-3