Electoral facts, from 1832 to 1852, impartially stated, including the local position, nature of the constituency, prevailing influence, registered electors, annual value of real property paying income tax, amount of assessed taxes, population, prevailing trades, noted members, noted elections, newspaper politics and sale, together with the polls for the last twenty years at every place returning a member to Parliament.
London: Whittaker and Co, 1852. First Edition. Once part of the Fiske Collection, Morningthorpe, Norfolk - with their ex libris to front pastedown. Burgundy buckram boards with gilt vignette to front board. Nicely re-backed. Internally clean, with a Law Society Library stamp to edge of title page, and on top of first page of Preface. Overall very good and very scarce. A fascinating summary of each seat in the United Kingdom, with number of voters, newspapers, salient facts, and the results of elections between 1832 and 1852. A must for any politics obsessive quiz master! ix, [3], 374 [1] pp. 170 x 110 mm (6¾ x 4¼ inches).
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