Lord Randolph Churchill
Macmillan, London, 1906, 1st edition in 2 volumes. hardcover. Churchill’s first biographic work, a well received study of his father. The first edition published 1906 in 2 volumes in a deluxe production in deep red cloth with gilt stamping including the family arms on the cover. 564 and 531 pages, index, total of 18 illustrations, some in colour. Foredges untrimmed. Original cloth has good colour on covers with shiny gilt, spines slightly dull and vol II spine shows faint trace of an old label or tape. The untrimmed foredges show the usual mild spotting. Pages are whiter than usual with some occasional foxing. Both volumes bear the decorative bookplate of the bfamed Carmichael Collection. Vol II has a tiny crack at head of spine. (A8a). Item #35296
ISBN: B00085OV52
Price: $150.00