ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT PRESENTATION ADDRESS TO SIR KINGSLEY WOOD
Published by [Original illuminated manuscript]., 1918
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Sky Duthie Rare Books (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United KingdomSky Duthie Rare Books (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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Illuminated manuscript address presented to Sir Kingsley Wood from the East Finsbury Conservative and Unionist Association. 68 x 54cm. Comprising a central panel of calligraphic text in black, blue, red, and green inks with gilt highlights and decorative initial capitals, surrounded by elaborate decorative Art Nouveau foliate borders incorporating oak leaves, daffodils, thistles, and roses in colourful gouache, also incorporating two roundels, one containing a miniature painting of St. Luke, the other Sir Kingsley's stylised initials, and with a crown and union flags to the head, and a pair shaking hands to the foot. Signatures of the branch officials to the foot, dated November 1918. Signed in pencil to the foot "W. B. Pratt Ltd. 57-59 Ludgate Hill". Condition is very good; the blank margins with toning and marking (where previously concealed by a frame/mount) and with two small chips to the edges of the sheet. The illumination itself with a little toning to the paper and a few spots of lights foxing is otherwise clean and bright. Unframed, currently rolled. Sir Howard Kingsley Wood (1881-1943) was elected to the London County Council in 1911, and later to the House of Commons as the MP for Woolwich West in 1918 (which he would represent for the rest of his life). After Stanley Baldwin's victory in the 1924 election, Wood served as junior minister to Neville Chamberlain at the Ministry of Health, establishing a close personal and political alliance. His first cabinet post came in 1931, serving as Postmaster General, a role in which he transformed the British Post Office from a bureaucracy into a more commercial operation. As Secretary of State for Air in the months prior to the Second World War, he oversaw a huge increase in the production of warplanes to bring Britain up to parity with Germany. Later, when Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940, Wood was made Chancellor of the Exchequer, adopting policies propounded by John Maynard Keynes, and changing the role of the Treasury from custodian of government income and expenditure into the steering force of the entire British economy. The present address dates from an important period in Wood's political life, being presented to him upon his departure as the prospective parliamentary candidate for East Finsbury (due to its merger with a neighbouring constituency), just one month before his successful election to parliament for Woolwich West, and a few months after his knighthood at the unusually early age of 36. An attractive example of an illuminated address presented to a notable figure in British politics during the first half of the twentieth century.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT PRESENTATION ADDRESS TO SIR KINGSLEY WOOD
- Author
- [WOOD, Sir Howard Kingsley]; PRATT, W. B.:
- Publisher
- [Original illuminated manuscript].
- Publication year
- 1918
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Based in the historic city of York, we carry a wide-ranging stock of fine and rare books, unique manuscripts, original artwork, photographs and ephemera. Placing a strong emphasis on the unusual and the visually stimulating, our areas of focus include art and design; travel and exploration; natural history; science and medicine; history; politics, philosophy and economics; literature; poetry; children's and illustrated books. Following a period in academia focusing on the history of ideas and after several years working for a prominent rare bookseller, the business was established in 2022 by Dr Sky Duthie. We are members of the ABA, ILAB, and the PBFA.…
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