A Book of English Essays (Record no. 18991)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780140431537 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0140431535 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 824 |
| Item number | BOO |
| 245 #2 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Book of English Essays |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London, Harmondsworth, Middlesex: |
| Name of publisher | Penguin Books, |
| Year of publication | [1951]. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 378 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "First published 1942." |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Of studies ; Of ambition ; Of travel / Francis Bacon --<br/>On death / Jeremy Taylor --<br/>The tombs in Westminster Abbey ; A vision of justice ; Ladies' head-dress ; The exercise of the fan ; Sunday in the country ; On the cries of London ; A citizen's diary / Joseph Addison --<br/>Recollections of childhood ; A prize fight / Richard Steele --<br/>The man in black ; Beau Tibbs ; A party at Vauxhall Gardens ; National prejudices / Oliver Goldsmith --<br/>Old China ; Imperfect sympathies ; Poor relations ; The convalescent ; The superannuated man ; In praise of chimney-sweepers / Charles Lamb --<br/>On going a journey ; On the ignorance of the learned ; On familiar style / William Hazlitt --<br/>On the knocking at the gate in Macbeth / Thomas de Quincey --<br/>Getting up on cold mornings ; A few thoughts on sleep / Leigh Hunt --<br/>Walking tours ; An apology for idlers ; A plea for gas lamps / Robert Louis Stevenson --<br/>A defence of nonsense ; A piece of chalk ; A defence of penny dreadfuls / G.K. Chesterton --<br/>The crooked streets ; A conversation with a cat / Hilaire Belloc --<br/>The maypole and the column / Maurice Hewlett --<br/>A funeral ; The town week ; A door-plate / E.V. Lucas --<br/>The defects of English prose / Arthur Clutton-Brock --<br/>Broken memories / Edward Thomas --<br/>Likes and dislikes / James Agate --<br/>The darkness ; On not being a philosopher ; Why we hate insects ; The pleasures of ignorance / Robert Lynd --<br/>A village celebration ; Golden fruit / A.A. Milne --<br/>A defence of shyness ; Food ; Men's clothes / Harold Nicolson --<br/>'W.G.' / Neville Cardus --<br/>A sentimantal journey / Ivor Brown --<br/>On doing nothing ; My first article ; Seeing the actors ; Money for nothing ; Quietly malicious chairmanship / J.B. Priestley --<br/>Tragedy and the whole truth ; Selected snobberies / Aldous Huxley --<br/>The dean ; The first detective / V.S. Pritchett. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English Essays |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Williams, W.E. |
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| Koha item type | Lending Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Stacks | 29/01/1993 | Purchased | 360.00 | 824 BOO | 000080 | Lending Books |
| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 29/01/1993 | Purchased | 360.00 | 824 BOO | 000081 | Reference Books |
| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Stacks | 01/02/1993 | Purchased | 399.20 | 824 BOO | 000162 | Lending Books |