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Lot 125:
Description
8 Hardcover Books Related to the British Houses of Parliament including Before Hansard by Horace Maybray King c. 1968 1st edition; Westminster Hall by Hilary St. George Saunders c. 1951 1st Edition; Two Volume Set – Memories of Westminster Hall by Edward Foss c. 1874 in three quarter brown calf leather bindings with marbled boards, end papers and block edges. Spines decorated with gold tooling and gilt lettering; Chittys Blackstone or Comentaries on the Laws of England Vol. 1 by Sir William Blackstone published by J.B. Lippincott & Co. Philadelphia c. 1859; The Houses of Parliament by Sir. Harry Boyne c. 1981; and Two Volume Set – Parliament Past and Present – A Popular and Picturesque Account of a Thousand Years in the Palace of Westminster, the Home of the Mother of Parliaments by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith c. 1902, three quarter red leather binding with gilt decoration, lettering, and raised bands on spine. Marbled end sheets and block edges. Combined lot measures approximately 12"x9"x11".
Condition: Condition – Parliament Past and Present – Covers shows some wear and soiling. Corners worn. Spine, tail and head have wear. Toning to fly sheets. Contents clean and tight; The Houses of Parliament – some wear and soiling to cover, contents clean and tight; Chitty’s Blackstone – full leather binding in poor condition, wear to cover, spine torn at head, spine split at joints but intact, foxing throughout; Memories of Westminster Hall – near fine -light wear to corners, spine. Contents clean and tight. Westminster Hall – red cloth cover stained, foxing throughout, edges soiled; Before Hansard – poor – cover soiled and stained, toning and foxing throughout. Please see photos.
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