wright arnold philip smith (27 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Binding is secure, but loosening. Covers are worn with boards showing at extremities. Ex-library with typical library markings/labels, but no additional markings found. No dust jacket. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.

Hardcover. Condición: 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. Condición: 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.

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

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Bound in publishers maroon cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and cover. Recent repair. Chipping and loss to spine. Shelfwear. Bookplate to front pastedown. Front hinge cracked. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.

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. 3 Kg.

Gebunden. Condición: New.

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.

Hardcover. Condición: 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.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book is a detailed historical exploration of the Palace of Westminster, home of the British Parliament, and the dramatic political events that shaped its present form and role as the home of the 'Mother of Parliaments'. The author, an expert in the history of parliament and political institutions, traces the evolution of Parliament from its early meetings in the Palace to its modern incarnation as the world's most famous legislature. The book is illustrated with numerous historical images, from early sketches of Parliament in session to detailed plans of the Palace buildings, that give a vivid sense of the physical and political landscape in which British parliamentary democracy developed. The book's insights into the history, traditions, and controversies of Parliament shed light on some of the most important questions about the nature of representative government and its role in shaping the course of history. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hardcover. Condición: Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Illustated Ilustrador. Cloth. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Frontispiece with tissue guard. 643 illustrations including 18 colored plates and a photogravure plate. Hinge starting. Soiling and general wear.; Quarto; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. (Ref. T1+) Undated but c.1900. Red cloth boards with orange lettering. Worn at head and heel of spine with some short tears. Small stains and marks elsewhere and shelfwear. Tanned endpapers. Tipped in press cutting to front pastedown. Darkened top edge, yellowed and grubby fore and lower edge. Book is otherwise good internally. **Very heavy volume will require extra postage. Please message for details prior to ordering.**.

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

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. 4 Kg.

Leather. Condición: Good Only. None stated Ilustrador. 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. Condición: Very Good. Not Stated Ilustrador. 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. Condición: 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. 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.

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 640.

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 640.

Condición: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 640.

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1902 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 648 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 648 Language: English.

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1906 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 654 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 654 Language: English.

Leather Bound. Condición: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1902. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 648, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 648 648.

Leather Bound. Condición: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1906. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 654, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 654 654.