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[004656] Namier, Sir Lewis and Brooke, John; Thorne, R. G. The House of Commons 1754-1790 WITH The House of Commons 1790-1820. London: Secker and Warburg, 1985. Reprint. 4to. Hardback. Good+ / Good. ISBN: 0436304201. Eight volumes complete, 1985-1986 – Volume One: The House of Commons 1754-1790 I Introductory Survey, Constituencies, Appendices, [4], v-xxxi, [1], 544pp; Volume Two: The House of Commons 1754-1790 II Members A-J, [4], v-viii, [2], 692pp; Volume Three: The House of Commons 1754-1790 III Members K-Y, [4], v-viii, [2], 685pp, [1]; Volume Four: The House of Commons 1790-1820 I Survey, [4], v-xxiv, 405pp, [1]; Volume Five: The House of Commons 1790-1820 II Constituencies, [6], 704pp; Volume Six: The House of Commons 1790-1820 III Members A-F, [6], 850pp; Volume Seven: The House of Commons 1790-1820 IV Members G-P, [6], 909pp, [1]; and Volume Eight: The House of Commons 1790-1820 V Members Q-Y, [6], 680pp. Original cloth in DJ’s

DJ spines lightly browned, one or two small nicks and tears, some light creasing, final volume DJ creased, but generally in good order, a couple of corners bumped, one or two pencil lines to margins, but internally quite bright and clean

Exhaustive history of the Commons and its members, with excellent background information about constituencies