Thos Percy (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a summary and analysis of the 1888 Railway and Canal Traffic Act. The author provides a detailed overview of the complex railway and canal legislation that existed at the time and explains how the 1888 Act attempted to address some of the concerns raised about railway practices. The 1888 Act was an important piece of legislation that attempted to balance the interests of railway companies and the public, and it remains an important reference for anyone interested in the history of railway law or the regulation of public utilities. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 290 grams.

London: Printed for William Gordon, Circulating Library. AND Alnwick: Printed and Sold by J. Catnach, 1806, Second Editions. Two volumes bound in one. Full leather binding, faded, rubbed and worn gilt decorated spine, lacking titles, gilt scroll decorated boards, tightly bound, text block tight, marbled page edges and end papers, tanned pages. Pagination: Sorrows of Seduction - viii, 9-158; Hermit of Warkworth - xiv, 15-102pp. Provenance: no names or bookplates. Approximately 6 ½ inches tall (17cm). Condition Report Externally Spine - fair condition - faded and worn, lacking title label, gilt bands and decoration, faded, marked and worn. Joints - fair condition - cracking to both joints but firm, rubbed and worn. Corners - good condition - bumped, rubbed and worn. Boards - good condition - worn calf leather with patterned gilt scroll to the edges. Page edges - good condition - all marbled, top edge darkened. Binding - good condition - sound. See above and photos. Internally Hinges - poor to fair condition - cracked through to the front joint, sound to the rear. Paste downs - good condition - marbled. End papers - good condition - marbled, subsequently tanned and foxed. Title - good condition - tanned with some foxing. Pages - good condition - tanned with foxing. See photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. THE HERMIT OF WARKWORTH, A NORTHUMBERLAND BALLAD, IN THREE FITS AUTHOR: DR. THOS. PERCY, BISHOP OF DROMORE WITH DESIGNS BY MR. CRAIG AND ENGRAVED ON WOOD NY MR. BEWICK SECOND EDITION. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. THE HERMIT OF WARKWORTH, A NORTHUMBERLAND BALLAD, IN THREE FITS AUTHOR: DR. THOS. PERCY, BISHOP OF DROMORE WITH DESIGNS BY MR. CRAIG AND ENGRAVED ON WOOD NY MR. BEWICK SECOND EDITION. Book.