Download or read book Paper Peepshows written by Ralph Hyde and published by Acc Art Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Gestetner founded the firm of Gestetner in London in 1881. It was continued in the 20th century by his son Sigmund, and then by his grandsons Jonathan and David (dust jacket page [4]).
Download or read book As We Were A Victorian Peep Show written by E. F. Benson and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This antiquarian volume contains memories and recollections of oddities and famous persons of the Victorian era by E. F. Benson. It comprises a series of authentic stories and personal experiences relating to the people he had known, who, because of his own social standing, were primarily of the highest social strata. The anecdotes are interwoven with observances and comments on the habits and manners of society in the past, and a discussion of why and how these attitudes changed are offered with uncanny astuteness. The chapters of this book include: The Pincushion, Early Victorian, Family History, Lincoln and Truro, Two Sisters, Three Monumental Figures, Cambridge, Athens, Three Great Ladies and Others, Two Scandals, Rebels, More Victorians, and The Movement of The Nineties. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a new prefatory biography of the author.
Download or read book Fanny and Stella written by Neil McKenna and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Uproarious.' The Times 'Terrifically entertaining.' Evening Standard 'Irresistible.' Daily Mail 'Gripping.' Sunday Telegraph 'A scintillating gem: a cracking page-turner, historically illuminating, culturally fascinating, and a book which effortlessly passes comment on today.' Herald London, April 1870: Fanny and Stella were no ordinary Victorian women. They were young men who liked to dress as women: Frederick Park and Ernest Boulton. Stella was the most beautiful female impersonator of her day, Fanny her inseparable companion. But the Metropolitan Police were plotting their downfall. Fanny and Stella were arrested and subjected to a sensational trial where every lascivious detail of their lives was lapped up by the public. With a cast of peers and politicians, detectives and drag queens, Fanny and Stella is a dazzling and enthralling story of cross examinations, cross-dressing and the the birth of camp.
Download or read book Victorian Peep show written by Martin Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Peepshows written by Richard Balzer and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1998 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before the movies were created, peepshows were appealing to a public eager for entertainment and enlightenment. The peepshowman and his box were a common sight on bustling city streets and quiet village greens. He attracted a crowd with music, animals, puppets, and clever patter and then might offer a view of a famous battle scene or a glimpse of a storied landscape, a stroll through the public squares of distant capitals or a peek at a fabled monument. Such views could challenge the boundaries of ordinary life, and satisfy a growing hunger for information. Peepshows: A Visual History offers the reader a rich sense of the history of this mysterious and magical box. The book includes nearly 200 annotated images, many never before published.
Download or read book Peepshow written by Leigh Redhead and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sassy, sexy, and very funny novel introducing Simone Kirsch, stripper and PI, who is determined to find the real killer of a strip club owner Simone Kirsch aka Vivien Leigh is sexy, funny, and intelligent. And she needs it all as she goes undercover, stripping at the table dancing club, the Red Room, to find out who killed the sleazy owner, Francesco "Frank" Parisi. It's the only way to get her best friend Chloe back from Frank's underworld brother Sal, who is threatening to kill her unless Simone can come up with the real murderer. After graduating at the top of her private investigator course and working in a peepshow, Simone has a few tricks up her sleeve--and she's never been afraid of getting herself into sticky situations. But now she's tangling with the city's most corrupt cop, some crazy strippers, and a rockabilly band called Las Vegas Grind.
Download or read book The Thames Tunnel A Description of the Projected Tunnel and an Account of the Laying of the Foundation Stone written by Thames Tunnel and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed account of the construction of London's Thames Tunnel, one of the 19th century's great engineering feats, provides a fascinating look at the challenges and triumphs of early tunneling technology. Written just a year after the tunnel's construction began, the book describes the project's history, engineering plans, and the specific challenges faced in laying the foundation stone under the riverbed. Illustrated with engravings and lithographs, this book is a fascinating look at one of London's most iconic landmarks. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Book of Imaginary Media written by Eric Kluitenberg and published by Nai010 Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered if one day Windows 2028 might just know what you're thinking and type it? In this collection of essays, a selection of today's top media and sci-fi theorists weigh in. The Book of Imaginary Media explores the persistent idea that technology may one day succeed where no human has, not only in space or in nature, but also in interpersonal communication. Building on insights from media archeology, Siegfried Zielinski, Bruce Sterling, Erkki Huhtamo and Timothy Druckrey spin a web of associations between the fantasy machines of Athanasius Kircher, the mania of stereoscopy and "dead" media. Edwin Carels and Zoe Beloff descend into the cinematographic caverns of spiritualism and the iconography of death, and renowned cartoonists including Ben Katchor depict their own visionary media fantasies. On the enclosd DVD, artist Peter Blegvad provides hilarious commentary in a son et lumière version of his On Imaginary Media.
Download or read book David Mitchell Back Story written by David Mitchell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick-on moustache in That Mitchell and Webb Look, has written a book about his life.
Download or read book As We Were written by Edward Frederic Benson and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alice in Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of Alice in the topsy-turvy world of Wonderland. Plus a brief biography of Lewis Carroll.
Download or read book A Sunday on la Grande Jatte Tunnel Book written by Georges Seurat and published by Tunnel Vision Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ages 8 to 12 years. Based on Victorian era peep shows, this unique book has die-cut layers attached to accordion sides which expand to let the viewer see George Pierre Seurat's 1884 masterpiece, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, from a whole new perspective -- three-dimensionally.
Download or read book Seventy Years a Showman written by George Sanger and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gem of a Victorian autobiography introduces one of Britain's greatest showmen: circus pioneer 'Lord' George Sanger. Welcome to real-life Dickens, as we enter the wild world of 19th century peep-shows, freaks, menageries and travelling fairs. Fun, dark, irresistible. This new edition adds gorgeous illustrations, useful intro and index.
Download or read book The World of the Book written by Des Cowley and published by The Miegunyah Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebration of the book drawing on the collections of the State Library of Victoria.
Download or read book The Tunnel Calamity written by Edward Gorey and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1984 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretches out to reveal a strange creature, long thought extinct, roaming through a tunnel between two small English towns.
Download or read book As We Were written by Edward Frederic Benson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Italian Peepshow written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Italian Peepshow" by Eleanor Farjeon. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
