Parliament Past and Present: A Popular and Picturesque Account of a Thousand Years in the Palace of Westminster, The Home of the Mother of Parliaments

Published by Hutchinson & Co., London, 1902

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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA

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A smart copy of Wright and Smith's colour illustrated work depicting the history of Parliament. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece, nine colour plates, and numerous in-text images. Volume two is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eight colour plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A historical account of a thousand years in the Palace of Westminster, describing the history of parliament and discussing famous speakers in the House of Commons. With reference to the memories of St. Stephen's, Parliamentary costume, ladies at the house, Westminster Hall, the library, the chapel, Written by Arnold Wright, an English journalist and editor, and Philip Smith, a British historian and author. Previously held in the library of the Laurence family, as descendants of French Laurence, an English Member of Parliament for Peterborough, jurist, man of letters, and a close associate of Edmund Burke, even becoming his literary executor after his death. Dated from the British Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Scattered spotting and age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good.…

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Title
Parliament Past and Present: A Popular and Picturesque Account of a Thousand Years in the Palace of Westminster, The Home of the Mother of Parliaments
Author
Arnold Wright; Philip Smith
Publisher
Hutchinson & Co., London
Publication year
1902
Condition
Very Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
Not Stated
Item weight
2 kilograms
Dimensions
11" by 8.5"

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