Frederick Second Earl Birkenhead (3 results)

Condition: Good. 2nd edition. Cloth, G+. 319pp, b/w frontis, 11 b/w plates, 3 b/w illustrations, index, cloth rubbed, fore edges foxed, a reading copy. Keystone Library edition. The second volumes of the biography, by his son the 2nd Earl, of Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead [ 1872- 1930 ], for whom the peerage was created. He was a noted Conservative politician, one of the most highly paid barristers in the pre First World War period & was Solicitor General & then the Attorney General. He is however, perhaps better remembered as being Winston Churchill's closest friend until Smith's untimely death in 1930. Woods B21. 650 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. Later Edition. ISBN . B00165ZVCU Hardback. Later printing from 1965. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight dustsoiling and browning; minor browning to endpapers; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Dustjacket with slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning to back and flaps; L63s net original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket. otherwise tight,sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Hardcover; 8vo; 572 pages. Blue cloth hardcovers with gil elettering on spine. Heavily rubbed edges. Small skew to binding. Bright and clean pages, binding slightly loose. In a grey jacket with black and red text. Sunned. Bumped/chipped edges. A little soiled. In a mylar jacket. VG-/G-. Book.