First Class
a history of Britain in 36 postage stamps
Large print ed.
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Author
Publication
2013 - Isis, Place of publication not identified, No place, unknown, or undetermined
Language
English
Word Count
78,000 words, Guess
Page Count
312 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefirstclasshistor0000west
- Internet Archivefirstclasshistor0001west
- ISBN-100753153289
- ISBN-100753153297
- ISBN-139780753153284
and 3 more
- ISBN-139780753153291
- OCLC Control Number868158059
- Open LibraryOL28988657M
Classifications
- DDC769.56941
Description
This delightfully playful history uses 36 of our most expressive, quriky, beautiful and sometimes baffling stamps to tell us the story of Britain, through Dickens and the potato famine to Thatcher and punk. Stamps tell a story. Since the Penny Black first burst on the scene in 1840, they have made and mirrored history as it happens - from the "Britsh Empire Exhibition" of 1924 to the Austerity Olympics of 1948, from the Coronation to the death of Diana, from the advent of computers to the new Millennium. Chris West is a stamp-obsessive. He has picked his favourites to tell a hugely entertaining and idiosyncratic history.
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Series Statement
- Isis large print
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