The black book : an exposition of abuses in church and state, courts of law, municipal corporations, and public companies, with a precis of the House of Commons, past, present, and to come
1835, New Edition. London : E. Wilson. Good copy bound in contemporary full leather, with a printed title label on the spine. Spine bands worn, with some edge tears. Panel edges worn and dulled. Corners bumped. Generalized surface wear and dulling to boards as with use and age. Heavy foxing and dusting to the prelims and title page, although the rest of the pages are relatively clean with some scattered spots of marginal foxing. Overall, this title remains quite well-preserverd. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 683 pages; Physical description: xxxii, 683p. , [1] leaf of plates : port, frontis, tables ; 23 cm. Subjects: Legislative bodies - Great Britain - Reform. Political corruption - Great Britain. Great Britain - Politics and government. Notes: A new edition / greatly enlarged and corrected by the original editor, with an appendix. Referenced by: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, no. 29293. Item #212795
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