{"product_id":"the-house-of-stanley-peter-draper-1st-edition","title":"The House of Stanley, Peter Draper — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e Ormskirk, Published by T. Hutton, Church-Street, 1864\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [vi], 344.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Good. The book is bound in its original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, exhibiting expected shelf-wear for its age, including bumping to the corners and slight fraying with minor loss at the spine ends. The striking gilt 'eagle and child' Stanley crest on the front board remains distinctly bright, contrasting well against the rubbed cloth. The binding remains structurally sound and tight. Internally, the pages present with scattered foxing and age-toning, particularly around the preliminary leaves and the steel-engraved frontispiece, but remain entirely legible, complemented by the dulled yet intact gilt to the page edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This locally published first edition is a charming example of Victorian regional printing. Bearing the gilt-stamped crest of the Earls of Derby (the eagle and child) on the upper board, the binding distinctly echoes the local importance of the text's subject matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eThe inclusion of the detailed engraved frontispiece depicting Lathom House prior to its destruction in the 17th century serves as a vital historical record. Complete original copies from this provincial press in Ormskirk have become increasingly uncommon in commerce, particularly those maintaining their original, unrestored bindings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eAn engaging and heavily detailed 19th-century history of the illustrious House of Stanley, the Earls of Derby. Peter Draper’s text primarily focuses on the dramatic and bloody sieges of Lathom House during the English Civil War, drawing on contemporary accounts to paint a vivid picture of Royalist endurance and architectural history in Lancashire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54141700964691,"sku":"4173","price":80.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260616_103854.jpg?v=1782810651","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-house-of-stanley-peter-draper-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}