Frederick Edwin First by Birkenhead Earl (12 results)

Condition: Fair. 1933. First Edition. 319 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Noticeable foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking and staining to gutters and front hinge but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. 1933. 317 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are notably crushed with considerable tanning. Prominent forward lean to text block. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, tears and chips. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Heavy tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. the boards are shelf worn. tanning. mild foxing. light marks. netting is visible. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt, 319, i pp. Spine cloth faded. Twenty plates. First Edition. WOODS B 21.

OLwd.. Condition: in gutem Zustand. (s. Foto). London, Butterworth, 1933. 8°. 319 S. mit Bildtafeln. OLwd., in gutem Zustand. (s. Foto). Sprache: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1933 1st edition hardback bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. In very condition, ends of spine worn, corners slightly rubbed, exterior page edges dusty and foxed, small mark on bottom edges. 319pp including comprehensive index, very lightly tanned and some scattered foxing. Coloured frontispiece and 11 black nd white full page period photographs and images, introduction by Sir Winston Churchill.…

1st Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 319 pages, [21] leaves of plates (incl. front.): ill., ports. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith Earl of 1872-1930. Statesmen Great Britain; Biography. Great Britain Politics and government 1901-1936. 1 Kg. …

1st Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 319 pages, [21] leaves of plates (incl. front.): ill., ports. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith Earl of 1872-1930. Statesmen Great Britain; Biography. Great Britain Politics and government 1901-1936. 1 Kg. …

orig. cloth. 20x15cm, 319(19) pp. Contents: Foreword by the Rt. Hon Winston S. Churchill; Ancestry & Early Life (1872-85); Birkenhead School (1885-89); Wadham (1891-95); The Oxford Union (1891-95); Schools (1895); Fellow & Tutor (1896-99); Gray's Inn & the Northern Circuit (1898-1902); Guinea Gold & the "Veronica" Murders (1902-05); The Successful Advocate (1906-11); The Political Debut (1904-05); Elected to Parliament (1906); Maiden Speech (March 1906); The Trades Disputes Bill (March 1906); The Education Bill (1906); The Veto in Danger (1907); The Licensing Question (1908); The Constitutional Struggle (1909-11 ) ; The Coronation Summer (1911); Closing Days at the Bar (1911-14); Personality; The Home Rule Bill (1912); The Ulster Crisis & the Coming of War (1913-14) Some rubbing. Spine slope. Good. 19pp photoplates. (illustrator). …

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A smartly bound first edition biography of Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of Birkenhead, with a foreword by Winston Churchill. The first edition, first impression of this work.Handsomely bound in half calf, with cloth boards.With a coloured frontispiece and nineteen monochrome plates. Collated, complete.An excellent biographical study of Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead and a notable British Conservative politician and barrister. Written by his son, Frederick Smith, a biographer and Member of the House of Lords.Among his career, he is also well remembered as Winston Churchill's greatest personal and political friend until Birkenhead's death. This work is prefaced by the Prime Minister. Handsomely bound in half calf, with cloth boards. Externally, very smart, with minor fading to the spine and shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…