Author: Walter Runciman [ed.]
Title: The Book of Job
Description: East Sheen, Temple Sheen Press, 1918 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Walter Runciman's limited edition of the Book of Job, inscribed to prolific English novelist Marie Belloc Lowndes. Signed by the author to prolific English novelist Marie Belloc Lowndes, with the presentation inscription 'To Mrs. Belloc Lowndes from W. R.' to the front free endpaper.Marie Belloc Lowndes was sister of author Hilaire Belloc, and was known for novels including 'The Chink in the Armour', 'The Lodger', and 'The Story of Ivy&apos.A scarce first edition work, one of one-hundred copies hand-printed on Kelmscott handmade paper for the Right Honourable Walter Runciman. Runciman was a prominent Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. His 1938 diplomatic mission to Czechoslovakia was crucial to the British policy of the appeasement of Nazi Germany, preceding the Second World War. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip and board perimeters a touch age toned, with light handling marks to boards. Inscription to front free endpaper. Small marks of offsetting from adhesive tape to front and rear pastedown and free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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