9780937191507 - The London Spy/from the Fourth Edition of 1709 (Studies in Lit 1500-1800) von Ward, Ned (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. x, 309 pp. ; frontispiece ; portrait ; 8 plates. ; 24 cm. ; black cloth with gold lettering ; foxing ; wear to covers ; bookplate of Lennox G. Black (1893-1962) ; with his name in pencil on front ep ; eight full-page illustrations ; Ned Ward was the lively host of the King's Head Tavern, and the author of over seventy pieces of humor and satire, and his London Spy furnishes material for every writer on the social life of early eighteenth century London ; The London Spy appeared originally in monthly parts from November 1698 and was published in volume form in 1703 ; it is mainly the seamy underside of London life that is exposed to view, and most men are knaves and most women harlots ; G. Book.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. Edited by Paul Hyland. Shallow cut on front cover, else fine. The Studies in Literature, 1500-1800, general editor, Robert W. Uphaus. Ned Ward's classic account of underworld life in eighteenth-century London.