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The Endless Adventure. by Oliver, F.S - 1930/31/35

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The Endless Adventure. by Oliver, F.S - 1930/31/35

The Endless Adventure.

by Oliver, F.S

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Three volumes. Macmillan and Co. London. 1930, 1931, 1935. Octavo. xii, 428pp, Frontis., 7 further plates; xiii, 333pp, Frontis., 6 further plates; vii, 241pp, Photo Frontis. Original blue cloth, spine labels (browned), faded and sunned to spines, covers mottled/marked. Scuff to Vol. II rear board. Tissue guards. "From the author" tipped in to Volume I, inscribed "To Jermyn Moorsom from his friend F. S. Oliver" to ffep Volume II.

Frederick Scott Oliver (1864-1934) Political writer, businessman

Jermyn Moorsom (1881-1951) Son of James Marshall Moorsom. Haileybury, Eton. One of Darling's Kingsmen at Cambridge, one of Josie Low's "Quartet", friend of EM Forster etc. m. Pamela Milbourne-Swinnerton-Pilkington (1926). Became a sheep farmer at Hyndlee, Hawick, and later moved to Durrus, near Cork. Died March 1951, Durrus Court, Bantry, having changed his surname to 'Moorson'.

"This is a book about politics. Its subject is the endless adventure of governing men. Its object is to show how politicians of various sorts contrived to carry on governments, and to thwart, discredit and destroy governments…"

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  • Publisher Macmillan and Co
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1930/31/35
  • Keywords Politics, History, Eighteenth Century, Walpole, Signed, Presentation Copy

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The Endless Adventure: Volume One 1710-1727

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The Endless Adventure: Volume One 1710 - 1727

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London: Macmillan, 1930. Hardcover. 1st edition. 226 x 150mm. Pp xii + 428 + tissue-guarded frontis and 7 additional engravings. Blue cloth boards with printed paper label on spine. Cloth a bit marked and spine faded. Paper spine label is faded, but there is a pristine spare label tipped on to page 428. Very Good without dust-jacket.
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The Endless Adventure (Volume 2: Walpole and the First Parliament of George the Second. 1727-1735)

by Oliver, F, S

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Macmillan, 1931. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:
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The Endless Adventure

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Macmillan, 1930. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:
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The Endless Adventure: Personalities and Practical Politics in Eighteenth-Century England

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Nearly fine copy. 1931. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 326 pp., Mildly ex-library with stamps on top & bottom edges and on the endpapers; no marks on the spine. .
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The Endless Adventure: Personalities and Practical Politics in Eighteenth-Century England [Two Volumes in One]

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Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. Hardcover. Good. . Light shelf wear, no jacket. Pages/boards clean.
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The Endless Adventure: Volume Two. Walpole and the First Parliament of George the Second. 1727-1735

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Macmillan, London, 1931,. 1931. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, xiv,333pp, illustrated, 7 plates, edges browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth, spine faded, otherwise Very Good condition / no dustwrapper .
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The Endless Adventure: Volume One 1710-1727

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Macmillan, London, 1930,. 1930. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, xii,428pp, illustrated, 8 plates, edges browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth, spine faded, otherwise Very Good condition / no dustwrapper .
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The Endless Adventure: Volume I -1720-1727 and Volume II - Walpole and the First Parliament of George the Second 1727-1735

by Oliver, F. S

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London: Macmillan, 1930 & 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes 8vo. Blue buckram boards with printed paper labels on the spines. Vol I pp xii + 428 + tissue-protected frontis and 7 b&w plates. Vol II pp xiii + 333 + tissue-protected frontis and 6 b&w plates. Buckram and spine labels sunned. New spine labels bound-in at the rear of each volume. Clean, unmarked and tightly bound copies without dust jackets.
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The Endless Adventure

The Endless Adventure

by OLIVER, F.S

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London: Macmillan, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Three volumes. Very good with faded spines, corners a little bumped, paper spine labels browned,. Biography of Robert Walpole.
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