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- Used
Seller: Crappy Old Books, Barry, United KingdomCrappy Old Books
AbeBooks seller since February 6, 2025
Condition: Used
£ 3,150.00
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Good condition set of two. Events 1837 February ? Charles Dickens?s Oliver Twist begins publication in serial form in London. May ? W. F. Cooke and Charles Wheatstone patented a system of electrical telegraph. June 20 ? 18-year-old Queen Victoria accedes to the throne of the United Kingdom on the death of her uncle William IV without legitimate heirs. She will reign for more than 63 years. Under Salic law, the Kingdom of Hanover passes to William?s brother, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, ending the personal union of Britain and Hanover which has persisted since 1714. July 13 ? Queen Victoria moves from Kensington Palace into Buckingham Palace, the first reigning British monarch to make this, rather than St James?s Palace, her London home. September ? Battle of Aranzueque: Liberal victory for the forces loyal to Queen Isabel II of Spain, end of the Carlist campaign known as the Expedición Real ? The First Carlist War. September 28 ? Samuel Morse files a caveat for a patent for the telegraph. October 10 - October 13 ? The French army besieges and captures Constantine in French Algeria. December 17 ? Fire in the Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg.…
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- Title
- 1837
- Author
- Times Newspapers
- Publisher
- Times Newspapers
- Publication year
- 1837
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardback
Crappy Old Books
Barry, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since February 6, 2025
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| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
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| First item | £ 20.05 | £ 26.85 |
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Crappy Old Books aims to be the online version of our much endangered high street second hand book stores. Here you will find all sorts of junk that you just couldnt imagine. Crappy Old Books also aims to provide all of these books at great rates. The site was concieved on Monday 23rd Novemeber 2009, and is slowly growing. Hopefully over years it'll have much more to offer and will be a joy to browse through, just like our musty second hand book stores of yore.
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