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Mr. Lloyd George: A Study

Sir Charles Mallet · 1930

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,325)

London, Ernest Benn, 1930. First edition. Cloth. An interesting biography about the politician, David Lloyd George. A first edition of this work on Lloyd George's political career, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. First Edition. Sir Charles Edward Mallet (2 December...

The Orations of Demosthenes, Delivered on Occasions of Public Deliberation. Together with the Orations of Aeschines and Demosthenes on the Crown

Demosthenes and Aechines; Thomas Leland · 1770

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.80 | ¥72,762)

London, W Johnston, 1770. Leather. A wonderful collection of Ancient Greek didactic moral and political speeches, translated in the late eighteenth century. The translator states the original purpose of the orations as being 'to animate a people renowned for justice, huma...

The Ready Reckoner: Or, Trader&Apos;S Most Useful Assistant in Buying and Selling All Sorts of Commodities, Either Wholesale or Retail

Daniel Fenning; Joseph Moon (ed) · 1808

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)

London, J. Johnson et al, 1808. Leather. A smart copy of this Georgian working book showing the measurements and values of goods. The thirteenth edition. Containing numerous tables allowing readers to 'ascertain the Value of any Number of Hundreds, Pounds, Ounces, Ells, o...

Lettres Commerciales Suivies de Modeles Des Actes Et Transactions Du Commerce de Terre Et de Mer, Tels Que Contrat D&Apos;Assurance, Charte-Partie

Louis Reignier · 1820

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

Strasbourg , Zeh, 1820. Hardback. An interesting French work on business practice, written by Louis Reignier. In French. A scarce guide in narrative form to the business practice of the period, addressed to young commercial students. Written by Louis Reignier In publishers ori...

The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time (Vol II & IV)

[Richard Chandler] · 1742

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Printed for Richard Chandler , 1742. First edition. Leather. Two first edition volumes from this comprehensive history of the House of Commons, neatly bound in quarter calf. First edition. Volume II and Volume IV only from this ambitious 14-volume series. Uniformly bo...

Hoare&Apos;S Bank: A Record 1673-1932

Henry Peregrine Rennie Hoare · 1932

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Hoare & Co. 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in the original unclipped dust wrapper, with seventeen monochrome plates including a monochrome portrait frontispiece of Sir Richard Hoare and a folding genealogical timeline. The first edition in the publisher&...

Marius the Epicurean, His Sensations and Ideas

Walter Pater · 1913

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Philip Lee Warner, The Medici Society, 1913 . Cloth. A wonderful two volume limited edition of Walter Pater's philosophical novel, in the scarce publisher's original dust wrappers. First published in 1885, this is a charming early 20th century limited edition...

Lord Bacon&Apos;S Essays

Francis Bacon · 1819

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)

London, John Sharpe, 1819 . Leather. A charming, pocket-sized volume containing a collection of Francis Bacon's moral, political and economical essays. Bound in full calf, with the boards rebacked. With a vignette illustration to the title page. A collection of the essays...

The Royal Commission: The London City Livery Companies&Apos; Vindication

1885

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Gilbert and Rivington, Limited, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this study of the Royal Commission of London City livery companies. First edition. A comprehensive analysis of the Royal Commission inquiry into the London City Livery Companies. ...

Parliament Past and Present: A Popular and Picturesque Account of a Thousand Years in the Palace of Westminster, the Home of the Mother of Parliaments

Arnold Wright; Philip Smith · 1902

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1902. Cloth. 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. Volu...

The Works of John Locke

John Locke · 1714

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.09 | ¥200,358)

London, John Churchill, and Sam. Manship, 1714 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of volumes I and III of the complete works of philosopher John Locke, one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment period. The first edition of the collected works of John Lo...

The &Apos;Arabick&Apos; Interest of the Natural Philosophers in Seventeenth-Century England

G. A. Russell [editor] · 1994

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)

New York, E. J. Brill, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce study on the natural philosophers of the seventeenth-century in England, inscribed by the author of one of the essays. First edition. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, volume 47...

George Canning and His Times

Augustus Granville Stapleton · 1859

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, John W. Parker, 1859 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of A. G. Stapleton's biography of Conservative Prime Minister and statesman George Canning, in a handsome full calf binding. A first edition.Illustrated with one facsimile plate.Written by biographer...

MILL&Apos;S Subjection of Women

Margaret Oliphant; John Stuart Mill · 1869

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Edinburgh; London, Edinburgh Review; Longmans, Green & Co, 1869. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce article from the popular 'Edinburgh Review' periodical, discussing John Stuart Mill's feminist work 'The Subjection of Women&apos. The first edition.Boun...

Members of Parliament: Return of the Names of Every Member Returned to Serve in Each Parliament to the End F 1885, Specifying the Names of the County, City, University, Borough, or Place for Which Returned (in Continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 69-I. , of Session 1878)

Mr. Dixon-Hartland · 1887

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1887. Unbound. A very scarce parliamentary report of all those returned to the House of Commons, carried out by Conservative politician Frederick Dixon-Hartland. A very scarce report detailing the names of every Member of Parliament returned to ...

Principles of Political Economy

John Stuart Mill · 1852

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, John W. Parker, 1852 . Cloth. Liberal Party politician Augustine Birrell's copy of the two volume third edition of John Stuart Mill's important discussion of Political Economy, a work credited with helping to establish him as a leading public intellectual. Th...

History of the Bank of Ireland

F. G. Hall · 1949

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Company Limited, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated history of the Bank of Ireland. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensi...

An Account of the Coins, Coinages, and Currency of Australasia

Coleman P. Hyman · 1973

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Colchester, John Drury, 1973 . Cloth. An uncommon limited edition facsimile of Coleman P. Hyman's work on the coins and currency of Australasia. 750 copies of this facsimile of Hyman's 1893 work were produced, with this copy being number 1.In the publisher's ori...

National Missions: A Series of Lectures

William Maccall · 1855

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, Trubner & Co, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Scottish minister William Maccall's discussion of national identity and society, with the author's signature to the front pastedown. A very scarce first edition.Tipped in to the front...

Banker and Customer

S. Evelyn Thomas · 1936

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

St. Albans; London, The Donnington Press; The Gregg Publishing Co. Ltd , 1936. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this practical history and guide to banking and its customers by S. Evelyn Thomas. The fourth edition of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth b...