Clean and Decent: The fascinating history of the bathroom & the water closet and of sundry habits, fashions & accessories of the toilet, principally in Great Britain, France & America
by Wright, Lawrence
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802060633
- ISBN 13
- 9780802060631
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1967. Trade paperback, xii + 282 pages including many black-and-white illustrations throughout; cream-coloured covers age toned and lightly soiled including cup ring stains, corners bumped, spine creased including one heavy, book opens flat at pages 130/131, but interior clean and unmarked, pages surprisingly fresh and white; overall it ain't pretty, but a decent reading/working copy.. Soft Cover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042567
- Title
- Clean and Decent: The fascinating history of the bathroom & the water closet and of sundry habits, fashions & accessories of the toilet, principally in Great Britain, France & America
- Author
- Wright, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802060633
- ISBN 13
- 9780802060631
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- CULTURE CONDITIONS SCIENCE STUDIES SOCIAL HISTORY SOCIOLOGY Health Healing Disease Control Man becomes house-trained; "omnia commoda"; the odour of sanctity; "every satyrday nyght"; Bath Knights and bagnios, conduit and quills; dirt
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Science - Sociology and Anthropology;
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....