[A sammelband of pamphlets and articles by H.O. Arnold-Forster]
by [POLITICS]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
[1884-1886] 8vo and quarto. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Very occasional light spotting, inked ownership inscription of H. O. Arnold-Forster to FEP. A sammelband of 11 late nineteenth-century political pamphlets and periodical articles by, or partly by, British politician and writer Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Foster (1855-1909); Secretary of State for War from 1903 to 1905 in Balfour's Conservative government, Liberal Unionist MP for West Belfast between 1892 and 1906. The collection, of the author's own copies, includes What to do and how to do it: a manual of the law affecting the housing and sanitary condition of Londoners, with special reference to the dwellings of the poor... (London, 1884), and "Parnellites at work," or, "a bloody assize" under the "unwritten Law:" being a brief account of a year's campaign conducted by the Irish National Land League (London, 1886). .
Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ18082
- Title
- [A sammelband of pamphlets and articles by H.O. Arnold-Forster]
- Author
- [POLITICS]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- [1884-1886]
- Keywords
- Government, Politics
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...