One hundred years after the death of Queen Victoria, Western culture still bears the indelible imprint of her reign. The hallmarks of the modern world -- global commerce and communications, shopping and leisure, sports and entertainment -- first emerged during the Victorian era. This landmark book, published to accompany a major exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, immerses readers in a wealth of imagery and facts that bring to life this extraordinary period of human achievement. The Victorian Vision ...
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One hundred years after the death of Queen Victoria, Western culture still bears the indelible imprint of her reign. The hallmarks of the modern world -- global commerce and communications, shopping and leisure, sports and entertainment -- first emerged during the Victorian era. This landmark book, published to accompany a major exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, immerses readers in a wealth of imagery and facts that bring to life this extraordinary period of human achievement. The Victorian Vision presents life in the latter part of the 19th century on both a grand and intimate scale, from the small innovations that began to transform domestic life to the huge societal shifts brought about by expanded rail and maritime travel to the new trends in art and design fueled by access to Africa and the East. With superb illustrations and expert texts that illuminate their subject without confining it within a 21st-century point of view, this book not only revisits a colorful period in history but also re-examines the origins of our own era.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 2350grams, ISBN: 9780810965799.
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As new, clean, tight & bright condition, with bright and crisp dust jacket which is now in a clear protective mylar sleeve. Size: 10"x11.75", 360 pp., 330 colour illustrations.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. Folio-over 12-15" tall. Large format folio hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 360 pages. Index. With full color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition, first printing. A collaboration by various scholars looking at Britain's contributions to the shaping of the modern world, from political and social norms, to technology, to the world-wide expansion of ideas. Dust-jacket shows small triangle shaped delamination to lower edge at fore-edge, probably from printer. Else a clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Book like new, dust-jacket near fine. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible.
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Near fine in near fine jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 360 pages, 4to, black cloth with gilt-lettered spine, dust wrapper. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (2001). Near fine.
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Fine in fine jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 360 pages, 4to, black cloth with gilt-lettered spine, dust wrapper. London: V &A Publications and New York: Abrams, (2001). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.