wright arnold philip smith (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Later printing. Quarto. Volume II only consisting of pages 297 to 592. Gilt stamped burgundy cloth. 306 illustrations including nine coloured plates. Dampstain on bottom edge, endpapers and tissue guard foxed, short tear in front fly, extremities worn, cloth scuffed, good or better without dustwrapper as issued. A popular and picturesque account of a thousand years in the palace of westminster, the home of the mother of parliaments.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2 volumes bound as 1. 1st printing (n.d. c.1902). 592pp. Re-bound in maroon buckram with gilt lettering to spine, tissue-guard at frontis. VG+ copy, binding square and tight, cloth covers clean, gilt bright, internally excellent.

Zustand: Good. Boards have some wear, scuffs. Content has light age tone. Some foxing to end papers. Circa 1900.

Ex university library - stamps, remains of labels, etc.; rebound in plain green cloth. Frontis browned, with creased, torn & browned tissue guard; binding tight. This is a very heavy book (over 3.5kgs); additional postage may be required Used - Acceptable. Ex library rebound hardback Used - Acceptable. Ex library rebound hardback.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards heavily dust-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. * Estimated year of publication. Physical description; viii, 592 pages : illustrations (black and white, colour) ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes index. With 306 illustrations. Subjects; Great Britain. Parliament History. Westminster Palace (London, England) History. 1 Kg.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. [1902]. Original published in serial form, this edition brings together the complete work. viii, 502pp, with a tissue-guarded plate frontispiece and 642 further illustrations including eight colour plates and one photogravure plate. Red cloth-covered boards with pink lettering and portcullis on the upper panel, gilt lettering on the spine. Large and heavy 4to. Cloth is worn and rubbed, rounded on corners, with several short tears at head and heel of a sunned spine, a few minor marks. Endpapers toned and first signature almost completely loose, else internally neat. clean, bright and tight. A substantial work on the history of the home of the Westminster Parliament, co-authored by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith. A popular work at the time, it is still considered one of the more accurate, and entertaining, books on the history of the Palace of Westminster.

Zustand: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: costa esterna rovinata Condizioni dell'interno: Leggere tracce d'umidita'.

Leather. Zustand: Good Only. None stated (illustrator). First edition. Wright and Smith's colour illustrated work depicting the history of the Palace of Westminster, bound in two volumes in full morocco. The first edition.Illustrated with monochrome and colour photogravure frontispieces, numerous monochrome vignettes and nine colour plates to 'Volume One' and eight to 'Volume Two'. Collated complete.This work was written by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith and provides a historical account of a thousand years in the Palace of Westminter. The illustrated work describes and depicts the history of parliament, discussing famous speakers, the House of Commons and much more.Undated, dated by copies held by the British Library. Bound in full morocco. Externally sound with fading and rubbing to the spines, rubbing and bumping to the extremities, marks to the boards, loss to the head and tail of the spines and front joints tender. Bookplate from 'Wakefield Lodge' to the front pastedowns with spotting to the extremities of the endpapers with tidemarks to the rear of 'vol 2'. Internally generally firmly bound with the odd page starting. Pages lightly age toned to the extremities with the odd spot and occasional marks. Good Only. book.

First Edition. Good copy crudely bound in modern cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 2 vols. bound in 1 (592 p.) : ill. ; 28 cm. Notes; Paged continuously. Includes index. Subjects; Great Britain. Parliament. 3 Kg.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A smart copy of Wright and Smith's colour illustrated work depicting the history of Parliament. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece, nine colour plates, and numerous in-text images. Volume two is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eight colour plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A historical account of a thousand years in the Palace of Westminster, describing the history of parliament and discussing famous speakers in the House of Commons. With reference to the memories of St. Stephen's, Parliamentary costume, ladies at the house, Westminster Hall, the library, the chapel, Written by Arnold Wright, an English journalist and editor, and Philip Smith, a British historian and author. Previously held in the library of the Laurence family, as descendants of French Laurence, an English Member of Parliament for Peterborough, jurist, man of letters, and a close associate of Edmund Burke, even becoming his literary executor after his death. Dated from the British Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Scattered spotting and age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2 v. (592 pp.) ; 643 illustrations, 18 color plates, portraits (partly in color) ; 29 cm. ; LCCN: 04-777 ; OCLC: 752227 ; LC: JN511 ; ex-library, labels ; presentation by MP Francis Sharp Powell to the Free Library of Wigan in 1903, with signed auto graph letter instructing his staff to acquire and present the volume to the library, bound into volume 1 ; 1/2 red buckram leather, ornate raised bands; all edges gilt ; marbled endpapers ; Francis Powell served as a member of the House of Commons f rom 1857-1891 and again from 1885-1910, and is the subject of the well-known statue in Mejacs Park ; heavily illustrated history of the Houses of Parliament, with portraits of every important figure, interior photographs of the statuary, architecture and portraits of the two Houses, as well as reproductions of painted scenes of important events in the history of the nation ; tear to spine of volume 1 ; wear to corners and hinges ; otherwise VG, VG. Book.

First edition, 4to, pp. viii, 592; frontis.; illus. throughout; original red cloth, faded, gilt lettering on spine; library markings on spine, corners bumped, rubbed and worn, front hinge and rear joint cracked, bookplate pasted to front paste-down; else good; ex-MHS.