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Gladstone Leather - 1954

by Philip Magnus

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first

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London: John Murray, 1954. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A finely bound first edition copy of this detailed biography on the life of the former Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone. The first edition, first impression.A biography on the life and career of William Ewart Gladstone, a Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister for a total of twelve years.Illustrated with sixteen plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Written by the British biographer Philip Magnus.From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey, with his morocco bookplate to the front paste down. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England. In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. A couple of very light marks to the boards. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Small ink mark to page 1. Near Fine
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  • Title Gladstone
  • Author Philip Magnus
  • Illustrator Not Stated
  • Binding Leather
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Publisher John Murray, London
  • Date 1954
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 908P54

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