Life Of Sir Henry Campbell - Bannerman By Spender - 2 Volumes Hardback C1923
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THE LIFE OF
THE RIGHT HON.
SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN
by
J.A. Spender
2 Volumes
Presumed 1st Edition c1923
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908) was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also twice served as Secretary of State for War, in the Cabinets of Gladstone and Rosebery. He was the first First Lord of the Treasury to be officially called "...Prime Minister", the term only coming into official usage five days after he took office. He remains the only person to date to hold the positions of Prime Minister and Father of the House at the same time.
As he was never a voluminous correspondent, and in the last years of his life he seldom wrote at length on any matter that he could talk over with friends or colleagues. This biography is therefore based largely on contemporary records and a diary which briefly records his movements from the beginning of 1886 to the time of his death.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. There is no stated date but the preface is dated August 1923 and there is an inscription dated 1926. Presumed first edition. The two volumes are uniformly bound in maroon cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spines. They measures approx. 8 7/8" x 6 1/4" with xv and 351 pages, a frontispiece and 12 black and white illustrations in volume 1; and xiii with 444 pages, a frontispiece and 10 illustrations in volume 2.
The cases of the books are in good to very good condition with shelf wear and light soiling with a few stains on the boards. There is a circular stain from a glass on the front edge together with a water stain on part of the spine edge of the front board of volume 1 and a water stain on part of the rear spine edge of volume 2. The spine ends are bumped and the spines are slightly faded.
The contents are tight and clean with browning to the free endpapers and some foxing on the first and last few pages of both volumes. There is some scattered light foxing elsewhere within the books and the fore edge of the text blocks. There are two inscriptions dated 1926 on the front free endpaper of volume 2.
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THE RIGHT HON.
SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN
by
J.A. Spender
2 Volumes
Presumed 1st Edition c1923
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908) was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also twice served as Secretary of State for War, in the Cabinets of Gladstone and Rosebery. He was the first First Lord of the Treasury to be officially called "...Prime Minister", the term only coming into official usage five days after he took office. He remains the only person to date to hold the positions of Prime Minister and Father of the House at the same time.
As he was never a voluminous correspondent, and in the last years of his life he seldom wrote at length on any matter that he could talk over with friends or colleagues. This biography is therefore based largely on contemporary records and a diary which briefly records his movements from the beginning of 1886 to the time of his death.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. There is no stated date but the preface is dated August 1923 and there is an inscription dated 1926. Presumed first edition. The two volumes are uniformly bound in maroon cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spines. They measures approx. 8 7/8" x 6 1/4" with xv and 351 pages, a frontispiece and 12 black and white illustrations in volume 1; and xiii with 444 pages, a frontispiece and 10 illustrations in volume 2.
The cases of the books are in good to very good condition with shelf wear and light soiling with a few stains on the boards. There is a circular stain from a glass on the front edge together with a water stain on part of the spine edge of the front board of volume 1 and a water stain on part of the rear spine edge of volume 2. The spine ends are bumped and the spines are slightly faded.
The contents are tight and clean with browning to the free endpapers and some foxing on the first and last few pages of both volumes. There is some scattered light foxing elsewhere within the books and the fore edge of the text blocks. There are two inscriptions dated 1926 on the front free endpaper of volume 2.
THESE ARE HEAVY VOLUMES AND SO OVERSEAS BUYERS SHOULD NOTE THE POSTAGE COSTS BEFORE BIDDING.
I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING BOOKS ON MANY SUBJECTS FOR MANY YEARS BUT LACK OF SPACE MEANS THAT I HAVE HAD TO PART WITH A LARGE NUMBER. I AM OVER HALF WAY THROUGH THE COLLECTION BUT HOPE TO BE LISTING BOOKS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE OVER THE COMING MONTHS.
PLEASE READ BEFORE BIDDING
FOR DELIVERY OUTSIDE THE UK I ONLY ACCEPT PAYMENT BY PAYPAL. I do not accept any form of wire transfer or money order. Please ensure you can make payment within 2 days of the end of the auction. If you are unable to please contact me before bidding. Please see the list of countries I do not post to, which includes Africa, Asia (CHINA, Japan, Hong Kong), Eastern Europe, South America, and others. As a result of recent long delays I am no longer prepared to post to Canada.
Within the U.K. I usually post books by first class post or second class for heavy volumes, but if you would like delivery by recorded delivery please contact me. For more valuable books (around £20 and up) I will post by recorded delivery at no extra cost unless requested not to.
Overseas delivery is by standard airmail, which is not tracked. I am happy to post by International Tracked and/or Signed For but please contact me before bidding for a price. I always retain proof of postage and for more valuable books I shall post by a Signed For service unless requested not to. I do not post by Surface Mail.
OVERSEAS BUYERS PLEASE DO NOT CONFUSE UK POSTAGE COSTS WITH THOSE FOR OVERSEAS DELIVERY
