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Parliament, past and present : popular and picturesque account of a thousand years in the palace of Westminster, the home of the mother of parliaments.
by Wright, Arnold.; Smith, Philip, 1853-1922.[assoc.: Francis Sharp Powell 1827-1919, Wigan; art, Hogarth, Hollar, John Linnell, Holbein, A D McCormick, Paul von Somer, Daniel Mytens, Van Dyke, G Arnold, Copley, Marc Gheradis, C W Cope, George Cattermo
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London : Hutchinson & Co., Paternoster Row, [1902]., 1902. 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
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- Title
- Parliament, past and present : popular and picturesque account of a thousand years in the palace of Westminster, the home of the mother of parliaments.
- Author
- Wright, Arnold.; Smith, Philip, 1853-1922.[assoc.: Francis Sharp Powell 1827-1919, Wigan; art, Hogarth, Hollar, John Linnell, Holbein, A D McCormick, Paul von Somer, Daniel Mytens, Van Dyke, G Arnold, Copley, Marc Gheradis, C W Cope, George Cattermo
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- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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- London : Hutchinson & Co., Paternoster Row, [1902].
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- parliament great britain england english government civil war elizabeth james charles king queen coronations wigan francis sharp powell heraldry architecture
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