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In three volumes, complete. 8.5" by 5.5". Later edition; first publ. 1874-8. This is the "Library Edition" of 1880. Prize binding in dark brown polished calf, upper cover with crisp gilt-stamped crest of Charterhouse School with motto, "Deo dante dedi" [God having given, I give]. With hubbed spines in six panels, the gilt lettering gently faded. The panels with attractive floral devices and, at the spine tails, "Schol.Carthus". This custom binding stamp-signed by Bickers & Son, Leicester Sqr. Generally unbumped spine heads and tails and with fairly sharp corners. The leather bindings are exceptionally clean and mostly free of scratches, and with minor rubbing along the gutters. Top panel of Vol. I spine with a mild abrasion. A small divot or indentation to the front board of Vol. III. The text blocks are firmly bound in. With handsome marbled paper pastedowns and FEPs, and with all edges marbled. To the front pastedown of each volume, the Charterhouse school ex libris label, showing the coat of arms and designating the student prize winner, W.H.C. Romanis. Vol. I, x, 713 pp. + pull-out table; Vol. II, vii, 680 pp.; Vol. III, viii, 708 pp. + index. To a preliminary FEP in each volume, Oliver Walford Mathematical Prize 1907, in small neat ink hand. Else the interiors are exceptionally clean and there is virtually no sign of age yellowing to the paper. A Very Good 3-volume set. Unusual in a fine binding. 7 lbs. 11 oz. William Stubbs [1825-1901] was an influential English historian who founded the systematic study of English medieval constitutional history. This book is a historical study of English politics, scarcely complete in three volumes. Charterhouse is a public school (English privately-owned boarding school) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Originally founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charterhouse Square, Smithfield, London. This copy given as the Oliver Walford mathematical prize in 1907 and presumed in private hands since then. According to A. H. Tod's History of Charterhouse, published 1900, the Walford Memorial was a prize founded in memory of the Rev. Oliver Walford [1814-1855], usher of the School from 1838 to 1855, and Head of House and namesake of Verites. An interesting association copy: the student recipient, William Hugh Cowie Romanis FRSE MRSC FRCSE [1889-1972], was a 20th-century British surgeon and medical author. He was a pioneer of thoracic surgery in the 1920s. Romanis was the first son of Rev. Francis William Romanis, preacher to Charterhouse School. Bound by Bickers & Son, a publishing house founded in 1832, at 1 Leicester Square in London. The publisher was well-known for photographic illustrations, and publishing controversial authors in the areas of poetry, philosophy, and science. In 1940, the publishing house was destroyed during the World War II "Blitz" bombing, and in 2019 it was revived in America. Seller Inventory # 008271
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Title: The Constitutional History of England in its...
Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford, England
Publication Date: 1880
Binding: Full-Leather
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition Thus
