Edited mark bonham carter pottle (3 Ergebnisse)

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 461pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0297816497.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Introduction by Roy Jenkins. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ***Near fine in burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt titles spine. Head and tail of spine very slightly bumped. Spine tight. Pages clean. No inscriptions. In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of £20.00 net. No tears. Spine and front and rear panels of dustwrapper bright. ***240mm x 164mm. 461 pages including bibliography, appendixes and index to rear. ***'Through these remarkable diaries and letters, published here for the first time, the decade before the first world war --- is seen from a unique ringside seat, social as well as political. ***As the eldest daughter of H. H. Asquith, Liberal leader and Prime Minister, and step-daughter of the inimitable Margot Asquith, Violet Bonham carter was in a privileged position. ***---***Here are the young Winston Churchill and his bride Clementine Hozier, the rising Liberal star Lloyd George, the conservative leader Arthur Balfour, who even though he was a political adversary of Asquith was also a close friend. Here, too, are other names redolent of the period, the brilliant barrister and MP, F.E. Smith, the soldier Lord Kitchener in his prime, the foreign secretary Edward Grey, the writers Maurice Baring, Hilaire Belloc, Mrs Humphrey Ward and, not least, Rupert Brooke, with whom Violet corresponds.' (From inside the front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the true first edition in its original colour illustrated dustwrapper in very nice bright condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition Hardcover Violet Bonham Carter was the daughter of H. H. Asquith, Liberal leader and Prime Minister - a privileged position which gave her a unique ringside seat to a way of life in a world that was soon to disappear forever. In these remarkable diaries and letters she writes of being presented at Court, of grand dances and political intrigue. Here are the young Winston Churchll, the rising Liberal star Lloyd George, the Conservative leader Arthur Balfour, the soldier Lord Kitchener, the writers Hilaire Belloc and Mrs. Humphry Ward, and the poet Rupert Brooke. Illustrated. 461 pp.light foxing to edge (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…