Author: Jeyes, S H [ Samuel Henry ]
Title: The Life And Times Of The Right Honourable The Marquis Of Salisbury K.G - A History Of The Conservative Party During The Last Forty Years [ 4 volumes complete ]
Description: J S Virtue & Co Ltd, 1895, 1st edition. Decorated cloth, gilt, VG. 4 volumes, viii+224pp+4pp, viii+240pp+4pp, viii+224pp+4pp, viii+240pp+4pp, engraved frontis to each volume, grand total of 26 b/w engraved portraits, b/willustrations throughout & index to the whole in volume IV, spines evenly sunned, cloth generally bright & with scattered foxing to the pages, a nice set. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A biography of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquis of Salisbury [ 1830 - 1903 ] British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times. He was also Foreign Secretary before and during most of his tenure, and the books cover much on UK Foreign policy of the period.

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