Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy
Hamish Hamilton, 1956. 8vo, red cloth, silver titles, 114pp. First edition. Unclipped dust jacket (10s. 6d. net) with moderate toning to rear panel, light wear at corners. Bookseller’s ticket, ownership signature and offsetting to front endpapers. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. ‘An enquiry into the identifiable characteristics of the English aristocracy.’ The text of Mitford’s classic essay ‘The English Aristocracy’ on U and non-U upper class diction, printed with Evelyn Waugh’s famous rebuttal to Mitford, together with essays by Christopher Sykes, Alan S.C. Ross, John Betjeman, et al. Illustrations, dust jacket design by Obsert Lancaster. A nearly fine copy in mylar.
Price: $75.00