Description
Alain Corbin’s The Lure of the Sea is a foundational work of cultural history that explains how the Western world’s relationship with the ocean transformed between 1750-1840, turning the shoreline from a feared, “empty” margin into a place of health, leisure, and modern seaside tourism. This is the 1994 First University of California Press edition in hardcover with the dust jacket, a strong reference copy for readers interested in social history, Romantic-era culture, and the origins of the seaside resort.
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Author: Alain Corbin
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Publisher/Edition: University of California Press, First UCP edition (1994)
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Format: Hardcover (blue cloth) with dust jacket
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ISBN: 0-520-06638-3
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Notes: Includes a List of Illustrations; jacket art after J. M. W. Turner (Calais Sands at Low Water) per the jacket credit
Condition notes (see photos):
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Noticeable toning and scattered spotting/foxing to the top edge of the text block
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Light soiling/spotting visible on the front pastedown/endpaper
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Dust jacket present with typical light handling/shelf wear
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