Author: [British Political Sources: Political Party Year Books]
Title: The Liberal and Radical Year Book / the Liberal Year Book A run of 41 uniformly-bound facsimile volumes
Description: Brighton, UK, The Harvster Press, 1972 to 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. Each volume bound in green buckram with gilt titles. A few volumes are lightly scuffed & some have a former owner's bookplate on the front endpaper; else in very good condition. First published in 1887, ten years after the establishment in England of a national Liberal Party, this is an invaluable and comprehensive historical, statistical, and political publication. The volumes cover the years from 1887 to 1889, 1905 to 1932, and 1934 to 1939. Each volume was reproduced from the best original copy available, although the publishers (Harvester Press) observe in a prefatory note to the 1887 edition that 'the original, in the British Museum, [had] been tightly re-bound and this has affected the reproduction of the inner margin of some few pages. Extensive inquiries have failed to locate an alternative copy for reprinting..' Each volume typically includes complete information on the organization of the Liberal Party, composition of both Houses of Parliament, the various government departments, a summary of legislation passed the previous year, a riding-by-riding account of the previous general election, or by-elections, including candidates and vote counts, and an enormous amount of financial and budgetary data.

Keywords: Politics;Liberal party;English history;;;;;;


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