The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, Secretary to the Admiralty From 1809 to 1830 Vol 1 book by Louis John Jennings
Language: English
Published by J. Murray, 1884
- Hardcover
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Seller: West Cove UK, Wellington, United KingdomWest Cove UK
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Condition: Used - Good
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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning wear and marking due to age. Loose binding. Year 1884. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> A raw words of explanation may be necessary concerning the papers which are submitted to the public in these volumes. The letters of Mr. Croker from 1811 to about 1833 were chiefly to be found in twenty-eight large volumes; from 1833 to 1857, they were scattered in great disorder through scores of bundles of miscellaneous documents, most of which yielded nothing likely to prove attractive to the general reader, But, mingled with tax receipts, appeals for alms and loans, friendly invitations, applications for office, and formal notes on business affairs, were many letters of the highest political importance, and others of almost equal value relating to the social and literary life of the first half of the present century. The preliminary work of reading, sorting, and making selections from this immense collection consumed the greater part of a year. In the end, I found that although there were serious gaps in the correspondence, for which Mr. Croker's Trustees are unable t.…
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- Title
- The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, Secretary to the Admiralty From 1809 to 1830 Vol 1 book by Louis John Jennings
- Author
- Louis John Jennings
- Publisher
- J. Murray
- Publication year
- 1884
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
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West Cove UK
Wellington, United Kingdom
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