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The nouveau poor: a romance of real ife in West London after the late war / by Belinda Blinders [pseud. of Desmond Coke] ; edited by Desmond Coke and copiously illustrated from life by John Nash

Desmond Coke

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/4450

Author

Edition

First edition

Imprint

London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1921

Physical Description

xix, 165 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

General Note

With added illustrated title page
First published 1921. [Colophon].

Contents

List of illustrations: The ballet at Cremorne -- In trenches -- At Park Lane -- Constance’s Charm -- The Night-Club -- The Saison at Boulogne -- The morning football -- Dignity and imprudence -- The refined old days -- The boxing-match -- The squire at chase -- Woman and man -- The flag-lieutenant -- The rough pow-wow -- Our hero’s gallantry -- The accolade

Binding Note

Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered black on spine and front cover.

Subject

Illustrated books
20th-century fiction
Humour

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