Author: F. D. Brandon
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Extraordinary Collection of First Editions of American and English Authors Belonging to F.D. Brandon ...
Author: F. D. Brandon
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Extraordinary Collection of First Editions of American and English Authors
Author: Stan. V. Henkels (Firm)
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Behind Closed Doors
Author: Seth Alexander Thévoz
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 147214645X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thévoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the rise, decline and resurgence of London's private members' clubs, from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. In doing so he looks at cultural and political developments beyond the clubs, revealing how while the clubs may have been products of their city and country, they also exerted significant influence on London, Britain and places far beyond. This is a chronicle, as informative as it is entertaining, of the ups and downs of London clubland, and how it had an impact on parts of the world far from London. It is packed with amusing anecdotes and illustrative examples of the growth of this quirky, unique institution, which grew to spread around the world. London, though, with its four hundred clubs, was always at its heart. Thévoz reveals how everything we might have thought we knew about these clubs is wrong. They may have started out as white, male, aristocratic watering holes - but that's only part of the story. All sections of society built their own clubs and lived their lives there: highbrow and lowbrow; women and men; working-class, middle-class and upper-class; international and British. The club has been central to a distinctively British form of leisure over more than three centuries. Behind Closed Doors is a distillation of a decade of research and writing on London clubs, based on exclusive behind-the-scenes access to archives and proceedings, as well as a love of gossip and scandal.
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 147214645X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thévoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the rise, decline and resurgence of London's private members' clubs, from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. In doing so he looks at cultural and political developments beyond the clubs, revealing how while the clubs may have been products of their city and country, they also exerted significant influence on London, Britain and places far beyond. This is a chronicle, as informative as it is entertaining, of the ups and downs of London clubland, and how it had an impact on parts of the world far from London. It is packed with amusing anecdotes and illustrative examples of the growth of this quirky, unique institution, which grew to spread around the world. London, though, with its four hundred clubs, was always at its heart. Thévoz reveals how everything we might have thought we knew about these clubs is wrong. They may have started out as white, male, aristocratic watering holes - but that's only part of the story. All sections of society built their own clubs and lived their lives there: highbrow and lowbrow; women and men; working-class, middle-class and upper-class; international and British. The club has been central to a distinctively British form of leisure over more than three centuries. Behind Closed Doors is a distillation of a decade of research and writing on London clubs, based on exclusive behind-the-scenes access to archives and proceedings, as well as a love of gossip and scandal.
The Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 2210
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 2210
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Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature
Author: Samuel Halkett
Publisher: Ardent Media
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Publisher: Ardent Media
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Languages : en
Pages : 418
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A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain...
Author: Samuel Halkett
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Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates ...
Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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The Spectator
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books Offered for Sale
Author: Pickering & Chatto
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books
Author: Pickering & Chatto
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Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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