The Century of the Common Peer

Published by Putnam, London England, 1954

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Midway in this Century of the Common Peer, Britain's leisured class is that of Common Man. His holidays are organised for him in Camps, modelled on the Public Schools for the hell of it and Hollywood for the fun of it. He sits in the House of Lords. He reads The Daily Mirror, with its exciting portrait-gallery of contemporary gods and goddesses. On all these and many other diversions of the day our observant Peer turns a searching but benevolent eye. Many Common Men and (Peers), despite the richness and variety of amusements offered them, continue all the same to search for less common pleasures. In Eric's nice club, ladies and gentlemen relax without the embarrassment of clothes. Common Etonians and Harrovians assemble at a cricket ground for luncheon. On a mat in Victoria, Londoners defend themselves with the ingenuity of Japanese, and round a festive board in Kensington, Americans get all Elizabethan. Into such by-ways Lord Kinross follows them and records their impression, as well as his own. Slight wear and tear to D/J. Price clipped on D/J.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…

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Title
The Century of the Common Peer
Author
Lord Kinross
Publisher
Putnam, London England
Publication year
1954
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Good
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
Peter Kneebone
Edition
First Edition
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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