Search Results: the early history of charles james by sir george otto

Thomas Nelson & Sons, None Listed. Hardcover. Good.

Library of Congress, 1899. Library sticker on cover.Backstrip faded.Pages cut.Bookplate inside front cover.This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, 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,650grams, ISBN:

Longmans Green and Co, 1894. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. 8vo, bound in green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. There is blind-stamping on the front covers. Covers are marked, rubbed and scruffed. Internally clean, text is clean.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1880. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Harper and Brothers, 1880. First edition. 8vo. Brown sand-cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, gilt top edge on text block, 470 pp. Charles James Fox was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and who was the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. His father Henry, a leading Whig of his day, had similarly been the great rival of Pitt's famous father. He rose to prominence in the House of Commons as a forceful and eloquent speaker with a notorious and colourful private life, though his opinions were rather conservative and conventional. However, with the coming of the American War of Independence and the influence of the Whig Edmund Burke, Fox's opinions evolved into some of the most radical ever to be aired in the Parliament of his era.. Antique ex-library… Read More

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

New York & London : Harper & Brothers, 1902. 1902 Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 470 pages; Physical desc.: 470 p. Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. Great Britain--History--1760-1789.

London: Longmans, Green, 1911. new edition. Very Good. small octavo. full leather 382pp., Very nicely bound in brown calf, with raised bands, gilt titles & decorations at spine. Gilt device of Tonbridge School School on upper board & on rear board. Marbled end papers & text block. Prize label of Tonbridge School (Kent, England) dated 1917 on front paste-down, o/w a nice copy with minor scuffs to boards

London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1901. Fine Binding. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A school binding of this biography on this eminent British Whig statesman, arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. Charles James Fox (1749-1896) had a parliamentary career spanning some thirty-eight years. He opposed King George III, believing his intentions to be tyrannical, supported the American Patriots and was a noted anti-slavery campaigner and supporter of the French Revolution. He spent the majority of his career in opposition and served as Britain's first Foreign Secretary.Written by Sir George Trevelyan (1838-1928), a British statesman and author.With charming gilt detail to the spine, border and the gilt emblem of St Olave's School in Southwark. In a full calf binding. Externally very smart, slight fading to the spine and wear to extremities. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Very Good