London & New York: T. Fisher Unwin/G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. Part of the publisher series "The Story of the Nations." This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Decorative green cloth binding, stamped in black, red, and gilt. Clean text; xvi, 340 pages; followed by a twelve-page catalog of "Books for Recreation and Study." This is an Association Copy, with the armorial bookplate of Lord Battersea on the front paste-down; presumed to be Cyril Flower (1845-1907) a Liberal politician and patron of the arts. He was involved in a homosexual scandal in 1902, but was not prosecuted. Frontis illustration of George III; thirty others within. Minor rubbing to the margins; lower tips mildly bumped. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006585
Title: Modern England Before the Reform Bill
Author: McCarthy, Justin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin/G.P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication: London & New York
Date Published: 1899
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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