And lord brougham (58 risultati)

VOLUME I ONLY. Ex-college library copy. 347 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 13.25cm. Contemporary dark brown cloth; some staining to boards with slender wear at edges particularly at corners; peeling and repair at rear board's top left; spine chipped at ends with tears and slender surface losses lengthwise; remnant of library st…

Brown/gilt blindstamped cloth. Condizione: Fair. Reprint. Worn condition. boards and frontispiece detached. Spine missing. 360mm x 260mm (14" x 10"). lxxxiv; 272pp. Illustrated with colour and b/w plates and woodcuts. Over 60 biographies and histories of famous Englishman such as Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Cromw…

Hard Back. Condizione: VG. No Jacket as Issued. First American Edition. Book is bound in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt title and gilt star with rays on the front. Book has light edge wear. Author looks at religious tenets and attempts to counter them with science in the 1st book History of a False Religion. The second boo…

hardcover. Condizione: very good. first edition. In-8° relié demi-chagrin de l'époque, coiffe supérieure émoussée sinon bel exemplaire Vol. 2 only (of a 4-volume set). [4], 632p. 22.5 cm Vol. II Contents: Slavery: Introduction, Slave Trade, 1810, Introduction, Missionary Smith, Negro Slavery, 1830, Slave Trade, 1838, Negro Appre…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. A Small publication: Volume I Pages 1 to 216 // Volume II Pages 1 to 230 // Volume III Pages 1 to 205 // Volume IV Pages 1 to 294. // No edition stated. Small stamp on the title pages " Saul Solomon Collection". All four boards are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks. Internally there is…

Undated - c.1870. With 6 illuminated engravings. Title on pictorial title-page slightly different. Binding tight; board corners worn; royal blue cloth a little darkened at edges of front board; spine worn, with some loss of colour, & fraying at head. This is a heavy book (about 2.5 kg packed); additional postage may be required…

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1830. First edition. 12mo. Decorative cloth binding, 420 pp. illustrated in black and white in-text figures. Head, tail and corners bumped with splits at head, spine and cover margins faded, small dent in top edge of cover, small…

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair conditon, lightly aged. Brougham's handwriting is bad, and the reading is in part tentative. He is 'extremely sorry to learn from Mrs A's letter' that the recipient has been indisposed. Brougham could not have made the appointment suggested in A[rmstrong]'s letter as he was 'in the House of Lords ev…

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with short closed tear at head of gutter. He states that 'Ld B. [ i.e. the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham] was the first member of Ld Grey's Cabinet who objected to the cabinet to which the Reform Bill was carried', adding of Brougham that 'his opinion of one year,…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Reprint edition. Very Good+ to Near Fine: shows just a hint of wear to the corner tips and a touch of crimp to the heel of the back-strip; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or…

2pp., 12mo. On bifolium with mourning border. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper, with 6cm vertical closed tear to first leaf, affecting a couple of words. The reverse of the second leaf carries a broken seal in black wax, and is addressed to Clanricarde. The letter begins: 'My dear Ld C: | We are in a great difficulty at…

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Folio. Newly bound in cloth, gilt titles, 133 pp. Detailed questioning of witnesses on the Act, primarily by Lord Brougham, who was the Chair and present at all the meetings. Included in those questioned was his brother, William Brougham, Esq., Master in Chancery. Hand-numbe…

6pp., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly aged paper. Brodie's hand is not easy to decipher, but the letter is fulsome in its praise of Brougham and his latest work. Brodie begins by acknowledging the receipt of 'the last volume of Lord Brougham's Works published by you', a copy of which he had 'previously got as a subscriber'.…

4pp., 8vo. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, disbound, with evidence of side stitching and damage at foot of spine. Taking as his text a speech by Brougham 'vainly opposing the third reading of the Factories Bill, (1844)', Hardcastle gives his own view, concluding: 'It is scarcely too much to say that the step gained by…