Louis Creswicke - The Life of the Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain

London, The Caxton Publishing Company, 1904. First edition. Cloth. The four volume first edition of the first edition of Louis Creswicke's biography of the life of Joseph Chamberlain. The first edition of this work, complete in four volumes.With thirty-three vignette illustrations and plates to volume I, thirty-five to volume II, twenty-six to volume III, and twenty-one to volume IV. Collated, complete.A biography of the life of British statesman Joseph Chamberlain, who spent time in both major political parties in his career. He was father of Nobel Peace Prize winner Austen Chamberlain and of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.The work of historian Louis Creswicke, known primarily for his writings on the Second Boer War. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with chipping to cloth in these regions, and small loss of cloth to volume I back strip head. Fading to cloth of vols I, II and IV back strips. Small tide mark to head of volume IV back strip. Tide marks to heads of rear boards of volumes I and IV, and fading to board perimeters. Significant fading to head of volume I front board. Bookseller's labels to front free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, but with instances of spotting and the odd area of foxing, most concentrated to perimeters of first and last few leaves of each volume. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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