Author: Alfred Morrison
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385309603
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1222

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Author: Phillips (London)
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Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Author: Alfred Morrison
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 492

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Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 2634

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Author: Alfred Morrison
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 648

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Author: Frank Karslake
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 916

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A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.

Author: Vernon James Watney
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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Author: Benjamin Disraeli
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442639547
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 629

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The 334 letters in this volume cover the period from Disraeli's establishment in the Tory camp under the patronage of Lord Lyndhurst to his election to parliament in 1837. The most important issue to which they speak is the course of Disraeli's political ambitions. In 1835 the road to parliament was not yet clear, for he continued to be haunted by troubles from his past. He was beset by charges of opportunism in his Taunton campaign of 1835, and the longest letters here are those to Edwards Beadon written in justification of past conduct; Disraeli had still to learn the truth of his later dictum, 'never explain.' Also, debts contracted many years before continued to plague him, as they would in years to come. He was tempted by a variety of money-making schemes and the later correspondence makes clear just how close he came to permanent ruin at the hands of his creditors in the spring of 1837. Had the fate of debtors' prison materialized it is doubtful that he would ever have been eligible, in law or in reputation, for a parliamentary career. Disraeli's eventual election for Maidstone in the summer of 1837 marked the emergence of his formal public role. Because he set out early and was a long time in attaining his goals, one is tempted to laud his patience. But the record here suggests that it was instead a matter of energy and endurance. This volume of the Letters brings Disraeli to the threshold of the Victorian era and the beginning of his career as a politician. In late 1837 he failed in his maiden speech, but all major successes lay ahead.

Author: Caroline Dakers
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030018459X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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This is the spectacular rags-to-riches story of James Morrison (1789–1857), who began life humbly but through hard work and entrepreneurial brilliance acquired a fortune unequalled in nineteenth-century England. Using the extensive Morrison archive, Caroline Dakers presents the first substantial biography of the richest commoner in England, recounting the details of Morrison's personal life while also placing him in the Victorian age of enterprise that made his success possible. An affectionate husband and father of ten, Morrison made his first fortune in textiles, then a second in international finance. He invested in North American railways, was involved in global trade from Canton to Valparaiso, created hundreds of jobs, and relished the challenges of "the science of business". His success enabled him to acquire land, houses, and works of art on a scale to rival the grandest of aristocrats.