English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal.. 9 vols
The Webbs' Groundbreaking History of English Local Government Webb, Sidney [1859-1947]. Webb, Beatrice [1858-1943]. English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act. London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1906-1929. 9 volumes. Library cloth, gilt titles, author names and shelf locations to spines. Negligible light shelfwear, ink property stamps and shelf marks to title pages and endleaves, toning to text, a few pencil marks to margins, internally clean. $850. Contents of set: The Parish and the County (1906). The Manor and the Borough, Part One (2nd ed., 1924). The Manor and the Borough, Part Two (2nd ed., 1924). Statutory Authorities for Special Purposes (1922). The Story of the King's Highway (1920). English Prisons Under Local Government (1922). Preface by George Bernard Shaw. English Poor Law History: Part I: The Old Poor Law (1927). English Poor Law History: Part II: The Last Hundred Years, Vol. I (1929). English Poor Law History: Part II: The Last Hundred Years, Vol. II (1929). * A groundbreaking history of English constitutional and administrative law through the lens of public services and local councils. Sidney and Beatrice Webb were economists, historians, reformers and founders of the London School of Economics.
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