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London & New York,, 1911. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket.. Very good+. Excellent condition. . Large 8vo. pp xl, 455. Original publisher's sea green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Bookplate and ownership signature of Sir Mervyn Peel, relation of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel.
The Speakers of the House of Commons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day with a Topographical Description of Westminster at Various Epochs and a Brief Record of the Principal Constitutional Changes During Seven Centuries by Arthur Irwin Dasent - 1911
by Arthur Irwin Dasent
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The Speakers of the House of Commons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day with a Topographical Description of Westminster at Various Epochs and a Brief Record of the Principal Constitutional Changes During Seven Centuries
by Arthur Irwin Dasent
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London: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1911. Cloth. Good/No d/j as Published. John Lane . Type: Book N.B. Previous owners inscription to ffep dated 1915, second inscription to card affixed to ffep. No D/J. Corners of boards and head and tail of spine a little rubbed. Foxing to pages. (BRITISH HISTORY)
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THE SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY, WITH A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF WESTMINSTER AT VARIOUS EPOCHS, AND A BRIEF RECORD OF THE PRINCIPAL CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES DURING SEVEN CENTURIES.
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The Speakers of the House of Commons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day with a Topographical Description of Westminster at Various Epochs & a Brief Record of the Principal Constitutional Changes During Seven Centuries
by Arthur Irwin Dasent
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London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1911. Cloth. Good. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated. An informative guide documenting the history of the speakers of the House of Commons, with illustrations of portraits throughout. The Speakers of the House of Commons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day' looks throughout history at all of the speakers of the House of Commons. It also includes an interesting history of Westminster from the reign of Henry III to the early twentieth century. Speakers included are Thomas Hungerford, Thomas Chaucer, Robert Brooke, Heneage Finch, Bulstrode Whitelocke, John Cust, and John Evelyn Denison. Arthur Irwin Dasent was educated at Eton and became a clerk in the House of Commons. He wrote articles for numerous periodicals, such as 'The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art', and 'The Spectator. He also wrote widely about the history of London. Fully illustrated throughout, with a portrait of every speaker where a portrait could be found. With a frontispiece, and…
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