Search Results: the progress of the nation by g r porter

Methuen & Co, 1912. 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. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:

London: John Murray, 1847. In its various social and economical relations from the beginning of the nineteenth century. A new edition. Recovered and bound by the library. Spotting. Page edges uncut..Hardback,Ex-Library,with usual stamps markings, ,in fair to good all-round condition,no dust jacket,846pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1300grams, ISBN:

John Murray, 1847. A new edition. Publisher's cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Spine splitting, rear board detached.

John Murray, 1847. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Previous owner's names on front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. The binding is tight. Pages edges browned. The original brown cloth boards are bumped at the corners and worn at the edges. The gilt embossed spine is torn at the front hinge and chipped at the head and foot, but broadly intact. Photo available.

London: Charles Knight and Co, 1836-1838. Hardcover. Two Octavos, G+ condition hardcovers, Faded brown leather spine with gilded text. Half bound leather with marbled boards. General shelfwear and edgewear along exterior, boards strong, binding strong, rubbing along edges and corners; Textblocks agetoned, some instances of faint foxing, otherwise clean, 350pp +367pp plus 4pp of ads. Please see photos for details. 1320374. Shelved Rockville Bookstore.

London : Methuen 1912, 1912. New edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvi,735p. ; 23cm. Notes: New edition. Subjects: Great Britain Economic conditions 19th century; Great Britain Economic conditions; Great Britain Social conditions.

London: Charles Knight & Co., 1836. FIRST EDITION, 2 vols., 12mo, pp. viii, 350, [2]; xii, 367, [1], 4 [ads]. Partially unopened in original dark blue cloth, boards blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt. A little spotting. Rebacked preserving original backstrips, endpapers renewed, old cloth rather marked and soiled. The best-known work of statistician George Richardson Porter (1792-1852), written when he was head of the Board of Trade’s statistical department. A third volume followed in 1843.

London: Methuen, 1912. Hardcover. Good. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed opposite the half-title page "The Rt Hon JFX Merriman from his friend and admirer Francis W Hirst June 1912". Signed by John X Merriman at Schoongezicht, S. Africa on the ffep. Hirst was the editor of The Economist and Merriman was a prominent political figure and the last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before Union in 1910. Ex-university library with usual labels, stamps, pockets etc. University bookplate to front pastedown. Gilt titling to upper board. Boards rubbed. Corners sl. bumped. Spine rebacked with navy blue tape. Crack at half-title but not affecting binding. Contents undiscoloured and unmarked but sl. foxing to publisher's September 1911 catalogue at back. 735pp.

London, John Murray, 1851.. Hard Cover. xxvii, 843, [1] p. tables. 23 cm. In 1834 George Richardson Porter was given an established position as superintendent of a statistical department in the extended Board of Trade. He instituted a type of statistical year book known as the Tables of the Revenue. This volume reflects the Victorian empire at the time of the Crystal Palace Exhibition. NS. 40,439. Vg, original binding refurbished and rebacked. Great Britain Economic Social conditions 19th century Colonies

London: John Murray, 1847. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". None. A very smart new edition of this socio-economic study of Britain at the start of the nineteenth century. New edition in one volume. Original published in three volumes. A comprehensive socio-economic study of Britain, with reference to population, occupations, emigration, agriculture, manufacturers, trade, currency, communication, consumption, and much more. Also includes chapters on education, colonisation, and crime. Written by George Richard Porter, an English statistician who became head of the statistical department of the Board of Trade. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed

CHARLES KNIGHT, LONDON 1836 & 1838 COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES BUT WITH A FURTHER VOLUME THREE BEING PUBLISHED IN 1843 [NOT PRESENT]. A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO DENIS LE MARCHANT [ BARRISTER & POLITICIAN ] WITH A HAND WRITTEN DEDICATION TO TOP OF TITLE PAGE ON VOLUME 1 & HALF TITLE OF VOLUME TWO, INCLUDES THE BOOKPLATE OF DENIS LE MARCHANT TO INNER FRONT BOARDS OF BOTH VOLUMES. HARDBACK VOLUMES BOUND IN 19TH CENTURY HALF LEATHER BINDINGS, MARBLED BOARDS. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 7 x 4.5 INCHES. SOME RUBBING TO LEATHER ON EDGES OF SPINES & BOARDS, FEW AREAS OF PEELING TO LEATHER MOSTLY AT CORNERS, WEAR TO THE VOL 1 LABEL ON SPINE, SMALL CLOSED TEAR ACROSS LEATHER AT TOP OF SPINE ON VOL 2, VERY OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH BOARDS FIRMLY ATTACHED & MAJORITY OF PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.