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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Volume 1 only of three volumes ; ISBN 9780910956147, 9780910956307, 0910956146, 0910956308 OCLC 734741 ; green cloth ; bookplate of G. P. Cuttino (1914-1991), who taught at Emory for 32 years and was a distinguished and beloved professor and author. He was a two-time Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and he chaired the Emory history department in the early 1970's. He also served in the U.S. Army during World War I and worked for the U.S. Army Intelligence Service at the Pentagon during the Korean Conflict. He received a Bachelor's degree at Swarthmore College and a Master's degree at the University of Iowa. In 1938, he received a doctor of philosophy degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He received the Emory Medal in 1982. ; Contents: Prelude: Complexity and basic phases of administrative control -- The Monarch -- Parliament -- The Council -- The Chancery and the Privy Seal -- The Household and the King's Special Services -- Parliament -- Definition of Parliament -- Parliamentary records -- The Composition of Parliament -- Parliament at work -- The King's Council -- The regency and Mortimer -- The Council after the King's Emancipation -- The Council in administration -- The Chancery -- The issue of Chancery writs -- Warrants of Issue: The authorization of Chancery writs --The Special contribution of the Chancery: The Chancery Court -- Chancery office and personnel -- The King's Wardrobe and Household -- The position of the household in the administrative system -- Domestic offices -- The Wardrobe -- The Household staff -- The Household Courts -- The Queen's Household -- Scope and plan of the survey -- Finances and resources -- Administrative agents and agencies --Not on the Queen's Seals -- The machinery of diplomatic intercourse -- Prelude: The major diplomatic questions of the period -- The direction of foreign relations -- Forms and methods -- Diplomatic agents and missions -- Ratifications and promulgation of diplomatic agreements -- The payment of expenses -- The Army and Navy -- Prelude: The campaigns 1327-1336 -- Types of troops in Edward's army -- Military service in 1327 -- Eclipse of feudal service -- Commissions of array -- Commissariat arrangements -- The navy -- he forests -- The importance of the decade in forest legislation -- Extent of the forests -- Administration of teh forests -- Officials -- Judicial features -- Common law of the forests -- Estimated values and profits of the forest -- The King's Hunting and his great horses -- Common uses of forests by forest vills -- Appendix:; Particular forests and their officials -- Maps: Sherwood Forest, Wychwood Forest, Windsor Forest, Pickering Forest, Forests of England. Book.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A historical document detailing the constitutional changes made by the Corean Government between 1894 and 1895. This book offers important insights into the political landscape of Corea during this tumultuous period of history.

Half-Morocco. Zustand: Fine. Limited Edition. Large Paper copies, each number 3 of 125 sets of which 60 were for sale, with printed prices and buyer's names. Complete in two volumes (Printed Books and Old Engravings). Royal 8vo (277 x 182mm): [2],iv,62,[2],vii,[1], with portrait frontispiece and twelve tissue-guarded leaves of plates; [2],iv,3-39,[1],iv, with portrait frontispiece and eight tissue-guarded leaves of plates. Bound in half crushed morocco by Riviere, original bluish-green wrappers printed in black bound in, top edges gilt, note on the extra illustrations bound in following the preface to Printed Books. Loosely inserted (and not called for) are the frontispiece to Roland's Comic Songs by Cruikshank (see book catalogue item 387, where this engraving is described as "excessively scarce") and The Chignon, colored etching by Cruikshank. Apart from these two laid-in illustrations, a number of plates were specially printed from Cruikshank's original copper plates and bound into this large paper edition. An absolutely Fine set, virtually pristine, with very fine impressions of the plates. OCLC 61499597. In 1862, Bruton's father formed the estate agents and auctioneers Bruton, Knowles & Co. in partnership with William Knowles. Henry Jr. joined the firm in 1864 and became partner in 1870. He had a special interest in Thackeray and Dickens, and he also was vice president of the Dickens Fellowship. Included in this sale, in London, from June 7th through the 10th, 1921, was a long series of novels, in parts, and rare pamphlets by Dickens; unpublished drawings by Rowlandson for The dance of death and The seven ages of man; caricatures, original drawings, and an extensive collection of books illustrated by George Cruikshank; publications by Thomas Bewick; the Kelmscott Chaucer, and the fourth folio edition of Shakespeare's Works. All were said to be "mostly in immaculate condition, many presentation copies, and many extra-illustrated with fine drawings, important autograph letters, and rare engravings." N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).