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.
first edition Half red morocco over marbled boards. Gilt spines, top edge gilt.
1885 · London:
by Ashton, John
London: John C. Nimmo, 1885 First American edition. Half red morocco over marbled boards. Gilt spines, top edge gilt. . Octavo. Eighty-eight tinted plates. Spines a bit darkened, corners and joints lightly rubbed. A good, clean copy. 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. (Inventory #: 11642)