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| BRIGHT, JOHN. EDITED BY JAMES E.T. ROGERS Speeches on Public Policy By the Right Honorable John Bright, M.P. London, Macmillan. 1883. Author's Popular Edition (1868). xii, 582pp, India, Canada, America, Ireland, Russia, Reform, miscellaneous, Index. 12mo/17.5cm. Black cloth gilt, recent rebinding by Lahore binder (Ambala Book Binding House), binder's stamps in English and Urdu on free end papers, erased number on title page, otherwise clean, tight and very good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 002197 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| CAYGILL, MARJORIE Treasures of the British Museum London, British Museum Publications Limited for Trustees of the British Museum. 1986. Ill.: Lee Boltin, Photographer. Second printing (1985). 240pp, profusely illustrated with both color and monochrome illustrations, Departments of the Museum and their Collections, History of the Museum, photo acknowledgments, bibliography, index. 4to/28cm. Blue cloth gilt, light wear in lightly rubbed dj, internally fine. NF/VG. A detailed account of the highlight holdings of the first public secular museum of its kind in the world, founded in 1759. Marjorie Caygill is historian for the Museum and has written more than six books about it. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 860] Book number: 004088 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| HODGSON, SYDNEY, GRAHAM WILLIAMS, ET AL The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers: Quater-Centenary 1557-1957 London, The Worshipful Company... 1957. First Edition. [i], 19pp, colored portrait frontispiece (William Caxton), 9 b/w illustrations. 8vo/21.5cm. Printed green card-stock wrappers, light wear, internally fine. A history of this prominent London guild very nicely printed. An undated 4-page leaflet giving a more abbreviated version of the Company's history and prominent personages, with slightly different emphases, is enclosed. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1548] Book number: 004220 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| JENNINGS, W. IVOR The British Constitution Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1945. English Institutions series (T10) edited by Lord Stamp. Fifth Printing (1941). xv, 232pp, 8 illustrations, index. 8vo/20.5cm. Green cloth gilt, light wear, number stamp (A35) on front board and pastedown, imprint on verso of half title: "For the use of H.M. Forces, not for resale", otherwise internally fine. A reliable text. Sir W. Ivor Jennings (1903-1965) was then Principal of the Ceylon University College and a barrister-at-law of Gray's Inn. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 860] Book number: 003376 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| LUCAS, E.V. A Wanderer in London London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1910. Ill.: Nelson Dawson. Ninth Edition (1906). xi, 305, 31 list pages, illustrated front endpaper, 16 illustrations in colour by Nelson Dawson, 36 monochrome illustrations, index. 12mo/19.5cm. Blue cloth gilt with decorated spine, back board slightly spotted, armorial bookplate, light foxing fore and bottom edges and end matter, otherwise internally clean, tight and very good. A good description of London and its art in 1906. Edward Vernall Lucas (1868-1938) was a popular English writer and essayist who wrote more than one hundred books including a number of 'Wanderer' books for several cities and countries as well as a biography of Charles Lamb. He also served as Chairman of Methuen & Company and was rather well-known for having one of the finest pornographic libraries in London. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 003508 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| MACKINDER, H.J. Britain and the British Seas Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1907. Regions of the World Series. Second Edition (1902). xii, 375pp, 6 colored maps (5 folding), 132 diagrams and b/w maps, index. Tall 8vo/23.5cm. Black cloth gilt, slightly rubbed at extremities, half inch closed split tail of front joint, hinges splitting, light foxing of colored maps but otherwise internally clean and tight. The author was Director of the School of Economics and Political Science at the University of London and General Editor of the Regions of the World Series. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 001646 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| SYMONS, JULIAN The General Strike: A Historical Portrait London, Readers Union. 1959. Reprint (Cresset Press 1957). 251pp, 16 monochrome illustrations from photographs, bibliography, 2 appendices. 12mo/20cm. Brown cloth gilt, shelf wear only, very light soil, internally fine. A concise history of the General Strike which took place in Britain between 3 and 12 May 1926. In addition to printed sources, the author based his "picture" or historical portrait of this event on the papers of the Trades Union Congress, interviews or correspondence with people closely connected with the event and hundreds of letters detailing personal experiences during the strike. Julian Symons (1912-1994) was a prolific British writer with more than fifty books to his credit. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 860] Book number: 003496 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. |
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