{"product_id":"first-and-last-classic-reprint","title":"First and Last (Classic Reprint)","description":"Excerpt from First and Last\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are many ways of doing it. The best, like all good things, has gone for ever, and this best way was for a thing called a capstan to have sticking out from it, movable, and fitted into its upper rim, other things called capstan-bars. These, men would push singing a song, while On the top Of the capstan sat a man playing the fiddle, or the ?ute, or some other instrument Of music. You and I have seen it in pictures. Our sons will say that they wish they had seen it in pictures. Our sons'' sons will say it is all a lie and was never in anything but the pictures, and they will explain it by some myth or other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.","brand":"Forgotten Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":35108476747821,"sku":"9780483257382","price":16.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39833371803693,"sku":"9781330350713","price":10.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9780483257382.jpg?v=1734783947","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/first-and-last-classic-reprint","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}