Lot
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Lot 96
"DECCA TREUHAFT" (Jessica Mitford). Lifeitselfmanship or Ho...
Hammer
£480
"DECCA TREUHAFT" (Jessica Mitford). Lifeitselfmanship or How to become a Precisely-Because Man. An investigation into Current L (or Left-Wing) Usage. A satirical work written by Mitford, as reaction to her sister Nancy's work on upper class language, "U and Non-U". It consists of a glossary of language used by left-wing activists in the USA, of whom she was one herself! Oblong. Quarto. Stencilled typescript with cartoons. In orig. pink wraps, some chips to edges. N.d. but 1956?
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