Search Results: the progress of 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: 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, 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