Brooks's 1764-2014 : the story of a Whig club / John Ingamells, Hugh Johnson, Philip Ziegler ; edited by Charles Sebag-Montefiore, Joe Mordaunt Crook
2013, First Edition. London : Paul Holberton Publishing. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat dust-dulled and edge-bumped dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #465110
ISBN: 9781907372612
Physical description; 1 volume : illustrations. ISBN; 9781907372612. Notes; Includes catalogue of the art collection (paintings, drawings, sculpture and prints) by John Ingamells. Contents; 1. Brooks's and whiggery / Philip Ziegler -- 2. Charles James Fox / Leslie Mitchell -- 3. The Brooks's betting books / Max Egremont -- 4. The MPs of Brooks's, 1832-68 / Seth Alexander Thévoz -- 5. Brooks's: then and now / Andrew Roberts -- 6. Brooks's revisited: architecture and decoration / Joe Mordaunt Crook -- 7. The archives / Joan Winterkorn -- 8. The evolution of the wine cellar / Hugh Johnson -- 9. The eating room at the time of William Brooks / Thomas Heneage -- 10. Gaming and gambling: the passion for play / Lucius Falkland -- 11. Catalogue of the art collection: paintings, drawings, sculpture and prints / John Ingamells -- 12. Seventy-five bets from the betting books / Joshua Sutton. Subjects; Brooks's (Club). History. Clubs. England. London. History. Whig Party (Great Britain). Biography. Art collections. England. London. Catalogs.
Price: €60.00