william stourton (7 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2nd Edition. London: J. Mawman, 1821. Second edition, with additions. [ii]+188p. Paper toned. Blue ink scribbling on endpapers. Owner's name on front pastedown. Firmly bound in brown full calf boards, bumped and worn at all extremities,gilt decoration and chipped black label to spine.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A vanishingly scarce volume of three letters from Lord Stourton to the Prime Minister of the day, Earl of Liverpool. A new edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Three written please from William Stourton to the Earl of Liverpool, Robert Jenkinson.At the time these letters were penned Jenkinson was the Prime Minister. Stourton explores the pressing agricultural issues affecting Britain and how Jenkinson could provide relief.The first half of the nineteenth century saw a lot of agricultural distress, in part due to the Enclosure Acts and the Corn Laws. Enclosure in rural Britain led to riots and much social unrest. The Corn Laws were high tariffs and trade restrictions brought in on imported food and corn, between the years 1815 and 1846.Stourton, the 18th Baron Stourton, was a Roman Catholic English peer. Today he is best remembered for writing the private memoirs of his first-cousin Maria Fitzherbert, the secret wife of King George IV. Fitzherbert dictated the biography to Sourton, the work later being published by his brother.Stamp of a 'Thistlethwayte' to the front paste down. In the original paper covered boards, rebacked with a modern spine. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks and discolouration to the boards. Bumping and a small amount of loss of paper to the extremities. Spine label is worn. Stamp and bookseller's label to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots. Ink inscription to the head of the title. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. William Stourton's letter to the Prime Minister, Robert Banks Jenkinson, addressing the agricultural issues of the day, a first edition of this very scarce work. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.William Stourton's written plea to the Earl of Liverpool, Robert Jenkinson, in which Stourton discusses the agricultural crisis of the day and how Jenkinson, as the Prime Minister, could help.The first half of the nineteenth century saw a lot of agricultural distress, in part due to the Enclosure Acts and the Corn Laws. Enclosure in rural Britain led to riots and much social unrest. The Corn Laws were high tariffs and trade restrictions brought in on imported food and corn, between the years 1815 and 1846.Stourton, the 18th Baron Stourton, was a Roman Catholic English peer. Today he is best remembered for writing the private memoirs of his first-cousin Maria Fitzherbert, the secret wife of King George IV. Fitzherbert dictated the biography to Sourton, the work later being published by his brother. Rebound in a modern quarter cloth binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned and generally clean with some spots. Very Good Indeed. book.