About this title: 'An ancient and ever-altering constitution is like an old man who still wears with attached fondness clothes in the fashion of his youth: what you see of him is the same; what you do not see is wholly altered.' Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution (1867) is the best account of the history and working of the British political system ever written. As arguments raged in mid-Victorian Britain about giving the working man the vote, and democracies overseas were pitched into despotism and civil war, Bagehot took a long, cool look at the 'dignified' and 'efficient' elements which made the ...
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Description: 312pp. paperback: Very Good+ [a nice crisp copy] Originally published in 1867, Walter Bagehot's (1826-77) opus remains a classic. The introduction to this edition was by then Leader of the House of Commons for the Labour Party, Richard Howard Stafford Crossman (1907-74), later a cabinet minister famous for his posthumously published multi-volume "Diaries of a Cabinet Minister" in the 1970s. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Date Published: 1924
Description: Good with no dust jacket; Exlib; cover worn; board cracked at spine inside front; some underlinin; pg 257 has tear; o/w a tight copy. Nshc. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Cornell University Press, ITHACA, NEW YORK
Date Published: 1966
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. First printing book is tight with no markings, wraps have some soiling and rubbing, edges have creasing/curling. read more
Description: Very Good. Tight book, nice text, moderate wear to covers and edges, rubbing wear and spotting to spine, pen on endpaper, wear to corners books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780801490231ISBN:0801490235
Description: Like New. Dusty, some rubbing and creasing. In publisher's decorated wrappers Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide. read more
"Much better than a dull textbook. This book reads like the Economist would, if the Economist was to describe the workings of the English Constitution. Just as well, as the author was the editor of that esteemed magazine. Obviously out of date (by at least 100 years) but it makes up for in readability what it lacks in precision."
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