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Lord Randolph Churchill
by Winston Spencer Churchill
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$895.69NZ$806.12
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1906. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this illustrated biography of Lord Randolph Churchill, written by his son Winston Churchill. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A biography of Lord Randolph Spencer-Churchill, a British aristocrat and politician who participated in the creation of the National Union of the Conservative Party. He became Secretary of State for India, and later was Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was a Tory radical and coined the term 'Tory democracy'. Written by his eldest son, Sir Winston Spencer Churchill, a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. A small split in the cloth to the head of the rear joint of volume two. Front hinge to volume one and rear hinge to volume two starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 903T39
- Title
- Lord Randolph Churchill
- Author
- Winston Spencer Churchill
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Lord Randolph Churchill Winston Churchill Churchill Winston Churchill
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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