Verlag: Ross Anderson Publications, Bolton, 1985
Anbieter: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
Erstausgabe
Pp. 374(last blank), 20 plates, appendices, biographical note, sources, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the top fore-corners of boards bruised and with small bump or chip to top edge of upper board near fore-corner; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse, edges and backstrip lightly browned, short split near top fore-corner of front panel, top fore-corner of back panel slightly creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Ross Anderson Publications, Bolton, 1985. First edition. *Biography of the British statesman who served twice as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was for a short time the leader of the Conservative Party before serving as Foreign Secretary.
Verlag: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., London, 1928
Anbieter: Works on Paper, DeKalb, IL, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the stated first (1928) hard cover edition, lacking a dust-jacket. Inscribed and signed on the front free edpaper: "To Evan Morgan / With all good wishes / from / Austen Chamberlain / Cardiff / Nov. 28th 1930." Evan [Frederic] Morgan was the 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893 - 1949), a noted eccentric. The text of the book is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine is remarkably bright and fresh in appearance. There is a bit of foxing/age-toning to the endpapers, the first few/last pages, and the page edges of the volume: unobtrusive. The book came to us from the library of a late local scholar of the world peace movements, and has a Highgate Auctions card laid in, which may indicate how he obtained this and other rare items from this period. A beautiful copy. Signed by Author(s).