Old Times: A Picture of Social Life at the End of the Eighteenth Century. Collected, and illustrated from the satirical and other sketches of the day. With Eighty-Eight Illustrations.

Ashton, John.

Published by London: John C. Nimmo, 1885., 1885

About this Item

Ashton (b. 1834) is the author of a number of valuable books on English popular culture, including Real Sailor-Songs (1891), A History of English Lotteries (1893), and A Righte Merrie Christmasse! (1894), all published by the Leadenhall Press. Other publications include Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, and Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century. Octavo. xii, 354 pp. Eighty-eight tinted plates. Half red morocco over marbled boards. Gilt spines, top edge gilt. Spines a bit darkened, corners and joints lightly rubbed. A good, clean copy. First American edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Old Times: A Picture of Social Life at the End of the Eighteenth Century. Collected, and illustrated from the satirical and other sketches of the day. With Eighty-Eight Illustrations.
• Publisher: London: John C. Nimmo, 1885.
• Publication Date: 1885
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition