Author: Algernon Bourke
Title: The History of White&Apos;S
Description: London, Hon. Algernon Burke, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce two volume limited edition account of the history of the oldest private member's club in the world, White's. A scarce limited edition work, with this being no. 143 of 500 copies.Complete in two volumes.Volume I contains 'The History of White's', while volume II is divided into two parts: 'The Betting Book of White's from 1743 to 1878' and 'A List of Members from 1736 to 1892&apos.Founded in 1693 as a hot chocolate shop, White's in St James's London is London's oldest club, and is considered by many to be the most exclusive private club in London, with current members including Charles III and Prince William.Jonathan Swift referred to White's as the "bane of half the English nobility."Volume I is illustrated with two-hundred and seventy-eight plates across the two volumes, including frontispieces. Collated, complete.With the bookplate of D C J Howell to the front pastedowns. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip heads and tails, with rubbing to joints and boards. Hinges strained, but generally firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned to paper type, with only the odd spot. Instances of crude repairs to text leaves throughout volume II, with a small number of words of text obscured by tape. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: Algernon Henry Bourke White's gentlemen's club Mayfair White's Not Stated
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Title: The History of White&Apos;S
Description: London, Hon. Algernon Burke, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce two volume limited edition account of the history of the oldest private member's club in the world, White's. A scarce limited edition work, with this being no. 143 of 500 copies.Complete in two volumes.Volume I contains 'The History of White's', while volume II is divided into two parts: 'The Betting Book of White's from 1743 to 1878' and 'A List of Members from 1736 to 1892&apos.Founded in 1693 as a hot chocolate shop, White's in St James's London is London's oldest club, and is considered by many to be the most exclusive private club in London, with current members including Charles III and Prince William.Jonathan Swift referred to White's as the "bane of half the English nobility."Volume I is illustrated with two-hundred and seventy-eight plates across the two volumes, including frontispieces. Collated, complete.With the bookplate of D C J Howell to the front pastedowns. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip heads and tails, with rubbing to joints and boards. Hinges strained, but generally firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned to paper type, with only the odd spot. Instances of crude repairs to text leaves throughout volume II, with a small number of words of text obscured by tape. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: Algernon Henry Bourke White's gentlemen's club Mayfair White's Not Stated
Price: GBP 390.00 = appr. US$ 556.91 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 954F35
- Book number: 954F35
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