Life and Labour in the Nineteenth Century: Being the substance of lectures delivered at Cambridge University in the year 1919 to students of economics, among whom were officers of the Royal Navy and students from the army of the United States (Harold Wilson's Gladstone Prize copy)

C R Fay

Published by Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1933, 1933

About this Item

Harold Wilson's Gladstone Prize Book, embossed in gilt with 'Oxoniensis Academia' crest to upper cover. The 'Gladstone Memorial Prize' bookplate appears on the front paste-down with Wilson's ownership signature: 'J H Wilson, Jesus College, 1936'. Bookseller's ticket from Blackwells, Oxford. Hardcovers, very good in paper covered boards, spine darkened and a couple of marks to the lower cover; internally near fine, the pages are crisp and clean in a tight binding. This book comes from the private collection of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary who died recently at the age of 102. During his lifetime Harold Wilson kept the book in the Ashley Gardens mansion flat in Westminster that the couple shared until his death in 1995. After she lost her husband Mary Wilson continued to live in the couple's flat, surrounded by a lifetime's accumulation of books and memories until 2016. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item. Seller Inventory # 4668

Bibliographic Details

Title: Life and Labour in the Nineteenth Century: ...

Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1933

Publication Date: 1933

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good