THE METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY, "WATER QUESTION" &c., &c. Sixth Edition of above Circular with additional reprints. (Sixteenth Thousand)
by Wiseman, William Thomas
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About This Item
(London): G. Hill, 1882.. 1882.. Good. - Octavo, printed self-wraps sewn with cream cord. 32 pages. The title & last page are soiled. The front edge of the title is chipped; there is a crease to its bottom corner & a price-sticker has been partially removed from its top corner. The bottom corner of the last leaf is creased & torn. The remaining page corners are lightly bumped with creasing to the bottom corners of 2 rear leaves. Good. <p>"Nothing less than direct representation to the coming Water Board will satisfy the ratepayers of the Metropolis....It would be a wholesome check on the members of that board if they were elected--as I trust the new water authority will be--by the suffrages of the ratepayers, and the votes of the water consumers...." [From a Thomas Wiseman letter quoted in the press and reprinted in this pamphlet].<p>Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17165
- Title
- THE METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY, "WATER QUESTION" &c., &c. Sixth Edition of above Circular with additional reprints. (Sixteenth Thousand)
- Author
- Wiseman, William Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- (London): G. Hill, 1882.
- Date Published
- 1882.
- Keywords
- POLITICS; ENGLAND; LONDON; THE METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY; WILLIAM THOMAS WISEMAN; PAMPHLET; WATER BOARD; CONSUMER REPRESENTATION; RATEPAYERS; RATES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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