Author: Charles Wentworth Dilke
Title: Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866 and 1867
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this illustrated travel journal from English liberal politician Charles Wentworth Dilke. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, six monochromatic plates, and four maps. Volume two is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, two plates, and two maps. Collated complete. A detailed record of the author's own experiences travelling across the English-speaking countries of the world, with an argument for British imperial domination. This work includes chapters on the United States of America - including Virginia, Michigan, Colorado, and Utah - Canada, Mexico, the Pacific Islands, Maori communities, Australia, Tasmania, and much more. Written by Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, an English Liberal and Radical politician. A republican in the early 1870s, he later became a leader in the radical challenge to Whig control of the Liberal Party. He is remembered for his support of the growing labour and feminist movements, and his prolific writings on international affairs. Publisher's advertisements to the rear of volume one. Previously held in the library of Harrow School, a public school in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound with front endpaper and half title detached but present to volume one. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the extremities. School library bookplate to the front pastedown. Book Barn price label to the rear endpaper of volume one. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: Greater Britain Travel English-Speaking Britain Dilke Not Stated
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Title: Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866 and 1867
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this illustrated travel journal from English liberal politician Charles Wentworth Dilke. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, six monochromatic plates, and four maps. Volume two is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, two plates, and two maps. Collated complete. A detailed record of the author's own experiences travelling across the English-speaking countries of the world, with an argument for British imperial domination. This work includes chapters on the United States of America - including Virginia, Michigan, Colorado, and Utah - Canada, Mexico, the Pacific Islands, Maori communities, Australia, Tasmania, and much more. Written by Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, an English Liberal and Radical politician. A republican in the early 1870s, he later became a leader in the radical challenge to Whig control of the Liberal Party. He is remembered for his support of the growing labour and feminist movements, and his prolific writings on international affairs. Publisher's advertisements to the rear of volume one. Previously held in the library of Harrow School, a public school in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound with front endpaper and half title detached but present to volume one. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the extremities. School library bookplate to the front pastedown. Book Barn price label to the rear endpaper of volume one. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: Greater Britain Travel English-Speaking Britain Dilke Not Stated
Price: GBP 145.00 = appr. US$ 207.06 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 936T36
- Book number: 936T36
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