The Speakers of the House of Commons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day with Topgraphical Description of Westminster At Various Epochs & a Brief Record of the Principal Constitutional Changes During Seven Centuries
Published by John Lane Bodley Head, London, 1911
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Appleford Bookroom, Abingdon, OXON, United KingdomAppleford Bookroom
AbeBooks seller since October 21, 2002
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 250.00
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xl+455 pp., 8vo original green cloth blocked attractively in cream & gold, binding sound, 2 colour titlepage, internally text covered by many small author notes, corrections & updatings in his own ink handwriting, and signed at front as a presentation copy [with hand written author ink corrections & notes] to Sir William Wyndham Portal dated Oct 1918; clean of other markings, occasional v.mild foxing in places on edges of some pages, many b&w plates [mostly personalities but also of Westminster setting], with a torn compliments slip from John Ehrman showing the book has come from the famous Broxbourne library. See photos; for instance book gives picture of C17 Speaker Lenthall, then his restored majestic house in Burford and finally a view of London in his day. The Portals of Malshanger in County of Sothampton were distinguished in both railway and bank note development, and second baronet has a plaque in Winchester Cathedral. Dasent was a senior House of Commons official & biographer Size: 8vo.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Speakers of the House of Commons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day with Topgraphical Description of Westminster At Various Epochs & a Brief Record of the Principal Constitutional Changes During Seven Centuries
- Author
- Dasent, Arthur Irwin
- Publisher
- John Lane Bodley Head, London
- Publication year
- 1911
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Signed
- Presentation Copy
- Binding
- Original Green Cloth
- Illustrator
- Many Illustrations b&w
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Antiquarian, Biography, History: General, Illustration, Parliament, Reference, Signed Copy, Speakers
Appleford Bookroom
Abingdon, OXON, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since October 21, 2002
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Appleford Bookroom is a postal and internet business, but visits are possible in exceptional circumstances by prior arrangement. The standard overseas shipping will be economy airmail rather than surface mail. Priority shipping will be with tracking or signed for to prevent possible loss. Elizabeth Collie, Appleford House, Appleford, Abingdon, Oxon. OX14 4PB email: eliz.appleford.bk@btinternet.com Telephone: 01235 848319
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