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Winston Spencer Churchill. LIBERALISM AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM. HODDER AND STOUGHTON, LONDON, 1909.
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. HODDER AND STOUGHTON, London. 1909A very good copy in deep red cloth boards with gilt title on verylightly faded spine, two tiny pierced dents near title, decorative gilt facsimile signature to front cover, internally pages very clean and bright, has small tear to lower edge of halftitle page. No dust jacket.
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$334.78 + shipping
Description: XXIII, 414 P. Very good condition, second edition book, no dust jacket. ( same year of the first edition) 20x14 cm. Red cloth covered boards with gilt text on front panel and spine.
Seller: LIBRERIA ANTICUARIA LUCES DE BOHEMIA, ZARAGOZA, Spain
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.. Liberalism and the Social Problem. Hodder & Stoughton, New York, 1909.
Price: US$524.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Red cloth with gilt title on spine which is still relatively sharp. Spine cloth at head and heel has been expertly repaired. Front bottom edge has been bumped. Rust marks to top of contents page and front endpaper by previous paper clip. Ink name and date (1913) to front endpaper. Despite all that a very nice copy. This is the first US edition of one of the more obscure early works of WSC, the US edition being harder to find than the UK first.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first edition book, no dust jacket. Title page is embossed "Presentation Copy." The first edition was only 3500 copies. Red cloth covered boards with gilt text on front panel and spine. Small stains on back panel. Extremities are sunned; spine is heavily sunned. Spine folds are scuffed. Upper edge at head of board spine is split and fraying. Lower edge at tail of board spine has horizontal creasing and is rubbed and corners are frayed. Fore-edge corners are scuffed or just rubbed through. Lower right front fore-edge corner is bumped, smaller bumps to other fore-edge corners. Outside page edges are darkened. Foxing on outside page edges, endpapers, first several pages and minimally on internal text margins. Gutter is separated at the title page but text block is stable. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Winston S. Churchill. Liberalism and the Social Problem. Hodder & Stoughton., London, 1909.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Edition : Second Edition. , contemporary full burgundy cloth over board, title in gilt on the flat spine, printed author?s signature in gilt on the upper board., Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 ? 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as a Member of Parliament (MP). Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, for most of his career he was a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but from 1904 to 1924 was instead a member of the Liberal Party. Widely considered one of the 20th century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and Western world, where he is seen as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role in defending liberal democracy from the spread of fascism. Also praised as a social reformer and writer, among his many awards was the Nobel Prize in Literature. Conversely, his imperialist views and comments on race, as well as his sanctioning of human rights abuses in the suppression of anti-imperialist movements seeking independence from the British Empire, have generated considerable controversy., Size : Small 8vo., , References : Ref. ICS a15b Text is clean and crisp. A very good copy.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S. LIBERALISM AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1909.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Spine sunned just a bit. Embossed "Presentation Copy" on title-page. A very clean copy throughout. Chapters on the record of the government, social organisation, and the budget. 414pp. See Woods A15. Size: Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.. LIBERALISM AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM.. Hodder & Stoughton,, London,, 1909.
Price: US$1030.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp xxiii, 414. Original publisher's red cloth lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. Excellent condition. Very faint creasing/ crimping at edges and spine hinges. Bright and clean with no inscriptions, no tanning or foxing. Very good indeed
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Winston S. Churchill. Liberalism and the Social Problem. Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1909.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red three-quarter leatherbound covers are mostly clean, with gilt ruling. Corners are sharp. Spine has raised bands, gilt ornament and text and is bright with firm ends. Binding is rebound. Marble end papers/ pastedowns coordinate with binding. Pastedowns and feps have a few binder's marks, some toning at edges. Bookplate on front pastedown from Cragwood estate, home of Jane Engelhard. Interior is gently age-toned. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have gilt along head.** PS2024.0201** 414 pages. 4.75 x 7.25 inches** A very good first edition copy of this volume of speeches made by Winston Churchill. Covering a period of four years, the speeches correspond to Churchill's early years as an MP and Cabinet minister in the British government. The oratory and power of expression that would make Churchill such a compelling political leader are present already at this early date in his career.** The book is housed in a handsome binding from Bayntun (Riviere) Bindery of Bath, England.** Of interest also is the provenance. The bookplate inside the front cover comes from Cragwood, the Far Hills (NJ) estate that was home to Charles W. Englehard Jr. and his wife Jane. Jane Engelhard (1917-2004) was an American philanthropist and arts patron, and it is from her estate that this book comes.** First edition, per the publisher's information. Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009893"**
Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
Churchill Winston S.. Liberalism and the social problem. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1909.
Price: US$1325.87 + shipping
Description: Legatura editoriale in tela rossa con titoli impressi in oro al ds. Al piatto anteriore, sempre impresso in oro, il facsimile della firma di Churchill. Dorso lievemente sbiadito, ma esemplare in eccellente stato di conservazione. Rara edizione originale censita da ICCU in una sola biblioteca italiana. Terzo volume pubblicato dei discorsi di Churchill (dopo Mr. Brodrick s Army e For Free trade ). In questi 21 spechees l Autore esprime opinioni liberali piuttosto radicali ed avanzate per il tempo su questioni sociali ancora oggi attuali, prefigurando il moderno Welfare State posto poi in essere nel gabinetto di David Lloyd George. Già nel 1904 infatti Churchill lasciava il partito conservatore per unirsi ai liberali, iniziando una fase dinamica della propria carriera politica in cui risulta evidente il tentativo di tracciare un percorso progressista tra conservatorismo reazionario e socialismo radicale. Solo nel 1924 Churchill abbandonò il partito liberale per ricongiungersi ai conservatori. 8vo (cm. 19,8), XXIII-414 pp.
Seller: Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italy
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is an extremely good copy of the First English edition. The corners are sharp, though the lower pair are a touch turned. The contents are fine, with very light, scattered foxing to the prelims and fore-edges. First English Edition [1 of 3,537 copies] (Cohen A29.1.a) (Woods A15a).
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Winston S. Churchill. Liberalism and the Social Problem. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1909.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Description: This is an unusually clean and bright first edition, first printing of Churchill's third book of speeches (following Mr. Brodrick's Army and For Free Trade).Liberalism and the Social Problem dates from Churchill's period as an ardent reformer and a dynamic young political force in the Liberal Party. The British first edition is bound in a deep red cloth stamped in gilt on the spine and featuring Churchill's gilt-stamped facsimile signature on the front cover. The binding is attractive, but proved fragile, the smooth, thin cloth susceptible to wear and the spine quite susceptible to toning and dulling.Condition is very good plus. The dark red cloth binding is square, bright, and tight with strikingly bright gilt on both the front cover and spine. Shelf presentation is excellent, with only the mildest, uniform toning and light soiling. A wrinkle in the word "Liberalism" appears to be an artifact of the original binding process. Shelf wear is trivial - a slightly bruised lower front corner and a trivial hint of wear at the spine ends. The contents are strikingly bright with a crisp feel. We find no previous owner names. Spotting is primarily confined to the pastedowns and page edges, with only occasional, small intrusions into the blank inner margins.In 1904, Churchill quit the Conservative Party and joined the Liberals, beginning a dynamic chapter in his political career that saw him champion progressive causes and be branded a traitor to his class. In 1909, when Liberalism and the Social Problem was published, Churchill, in his mid-30s, had just been promoted to a Cabinet position. His 21 speeches in this volume address a broad range of social issues still topical today, with the young Churchill trying to chart a progressive course between reactionary conservatism and radical socialism. This was a balance the Liberal Party ultimately failed to sustain; Churchill would remain a member of the Liberal Party until their ruinous electoral defeat in the 1922 General Election. Churchill rejoined the Conservatives in 1924.Reference: Cohen A29.1.a, Woods/ICS A15(a), Langworth p.92.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
CHURCHILL Winston S.. Liberalism and the Social Problem. , 1909.
Price: US$1610.33 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 414 pp. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, bottom edge untrimmed (small amount of faint spotting to fore edge of text block, heavy pencilled annotations to rear endpapers in an early hand with a few instances of pencilled underling to the final chapter; some trivial shelf wear to extremities, upper corners gently bumped, otherwise a very good copy indeed). London, Hodder and Stoughton. An early collection of speeches written during Churchill's early period as a member of the Liberal Party - with a 'Presentation copy' blindstamp to title page.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
CHURCHILL, Winston S.. Liberalism and the Social Problem.. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909, 1909.
Price: US$1610.33 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, collecting the speeches by the young Churchill during his Liberal phase, addressing such then-pressing issues as the conciliation of South Africa, imperial preference, labour exchanges, and unemployment insurance. Cohen A29.1.a; Woods A15. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, facsimile of author's signature to the front cover in gilt, bottom edge untrimmed. Spine lightly sunned, a few specks of rubbing and soiling, gilt bright, contents clean with a few page corners creased: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
CHURCHILL, Winston S.. Liberalism and the Social Problem.. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909, 1909.
Price: US$1932.39 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression. Liberalism and the Social Problem collects the speeches of Churchill, then a Liberal Party MP, on pressing issues as the conciliation of South Africa, imperial preference, labour exchanges, and unemployment insurance. This copy is from the collection of Churchill's bibliographer Ronald Cohen. "That a young, radical Churchill was once held the scourge of the British Establishment and a traitor to his class is largely forgotten by those who think of him only in the modern or at least the Second World War context. Yet by 1909, when his third book of speeches was published, Churchill was an ardent reformer, the bane of Torydom" (Langworth, p. 90). Provenance: Ronald Cohen, with his ownership inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper. Cohen's Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, published in three volumes in 2006, is the authoritative source for collectors, librarians, and dealers. Cohen A29.1.a; Woods A15. Richard Langworth, A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 1998. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, facsimile of author's signature to the front cover in gilt, bottom edge untrimmed. Very light bumping and rubbing at extremities, spine bright, slight separation preceding title page, minor spotting towards end. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is an exceptional First English edition copy. The cloth is unfaded, including the usually fade-prone spine. The burgundy cloth is vivid, the gilt lettering is bright, the binding is crisp and tight, the corners are sharp. The spine is unfrayed and virtually unfaded. The contents are fine, with the faintest light, scattered foxing to the prelims only. Very rarely seen thus. First English Edition [1 of 3,537 copies] (Cohen A29.1.a) (Woods A15a).
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
CHURCHILL, Winston. Liberalism And The Social Problem.. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909., 1909.
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 7-7/16" x 5-1/8", bound in fine full dark blue morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled in gilt, gilt signature of Churchill to front cover, gilt dentelles, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf. Internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, A FINE COPY. This work collects the speeches by the young Churchill during his Liberal phase, addressing such then-pressing issues as the conciliation of South Africa, imperial preference, labor exchanges, and unemployment insurance. Cohen A29.1.a; Woods A15.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
CHURCHILL, Winston S.. Liberalism and the Social Problem.. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909, 1909.
Price: US$2576.53 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, of this uncommon title which collects speeches by the young Churchill during his Liberal phase, addressing such then-pressing issues as the conciliation of South Africa, imperial preference, labour exchanges, and unemployment insurance. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles to spine with lion centre tool in compartments, raised bands, signature block to front board, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, twin rule to turn-ins, gilt edges. A fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
CHURCHILL, Winston S.. Liberalism and the Social Problem.. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909, 1909.
Price: US$2576.53 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, "presentation copy" stamp to title page, presumably sent to the editor of the Economist Francis Wrigley Hirst (1873-1953), with his pencilled ownership signature to the front free endpaper and title page. The book collects the speeches by the young Churchill during his Liberal phase, addressing such then-pressing issues as the conciliation of South Africa, imperial preference, labour exchanges, and unemployment insurance. Appropriately, the recipient was a prominent liberal, "whose stalwart advocacy of personal freedom, free trade, and peace during the first half of the twentieth century, and especially during the First World War and its aftermath, surely earns him an honored place in the pantheon of individual liberty" (Foundation of Economic Freedom website, accessible online). Appointed editor of the Economist in 1907, Hirst built up the newspaper's circulation to match its 19th-cenury heyday under Walter Bagehot, and consequently became "one of the most powerful Liberal voices of Edwardian Britain, dogmatically arguing that permanent progress depended on free trade, retrenchment, and peace" (ODNB). Cohen A29.1.a; Woods A15. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, facsimile of author's signature to the front cover in gilt, bottom edge untrimmed. Pencilled signature of F. W. Hirst to front free endpaper and title page, pencilled annotations to contents. Slight darkening and rubbing to spine,
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
CHURCHILL, Winston S.. Liberalism and the Social Problem.. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909, 1909.
Price: US$3220.66 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, the copy of Clement Attlee, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. From 1940 to 1955, Churchill and Attlee were rival leaders of Britain's two main parties, Conservative and Labour. During the Second World War, they worked together as the leading members of the wartime ministry, Churchill as Prime Minister, Attlee as Deputy Prime Minister. In 1945, Attlee defeated Churchill in a shock general election result. For the next decade, they faced each other over the floor of the House of Commons. In 1951, Churchill took back Downing Street. Their relationship and rivalry was of enormous consequence to Britain's wartime and post-war history. Nonetheless, they were personally courteous and respectful. When Churchill died, Attlee told the House of Lords "We have lost the greatest Englishman of our time. I think the greatest citizen of the world of our time." Liberalism and the Social Problem collects the speeches of Churchill, then a Liberal Party MP, on pressing issues as the conciliation of South Africa, imperial preference, labour exchanges, and unemployment insurance. "That a young, radical Churchill was once held the scourge of the British Establishment and a traitor to his class is largely forgotten by those who think of him only in the modern or at least the Second World War context. Yet by 1909, when his third book of speeches was published, Churchill was an ardent reformer, the bane of Torydom" (Langworth, p. 90). Attlee donated part of his library to the newly founded University of York in the early 1960s. This copy has the library's neat stamp (marked "sold by order") on the copyright page. The copy was afterwards in the collection of Ron Cohen, with his ownership inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper. Cohen's Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, published in three volumes in 2006, is the authoritative source for collectors, librarians, and dealers. Cohen A29.1.a; Woods A15. Richard Langworth, A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 1998. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, facsimile of author's signature to the front cover in gilt, bottom edge untrimmed. Contemporary ownership signature "W. B. Fairbairn Nov '09" to front free endpaper. Light rubbing at extremities and soiling to rear cover, rear free endpaper removed, contents unmarked: a good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: This exciting find is one of only two known surviving copies of the first edition, second and final printing, softcover (wraps) issue of Churchill's Liberalism and the Social Problem, his third published book of speeches.Discovering a previously unidentified issue of a book-length work in the Churchill canon is remarkable. Churchill is one of historys most studied and best documented figures and the bibliography of his published works is impressively thorough. Nonetheless, until we discovered copies in 2010 and 2017, no wraps issue was known for Liberalism and the Social Problem. This second copy was discovered in northeastern England in 2017 and the other in Glasgow in 2010. Despite the fact that only two copies are known, surprisingly, they differ. The rear cover of the copy discovered in 2010 lists three Hodder & Stoughton "Pamphlets for Distribution". By contrast, the rear cover of this copy only features two lines of print specifying the printer and publisher. Instead, a terminal leaf following p.414 advertises the three aforementioned pamphlets on the verso and two additional works The Peoples Budget Explained by David Lloyd George and The Political Situation by T. J. Macnamara on the recto. We speculate that this copy which is the more complete and better-preserved of the two was the first issued. Consolidation of advertisements onto the rear cover was plausibly done to save the printers and binders a step.The front cover of this wraps issue perfectly encapsulates the brash young Cabinet Minster with an iconic image. The front cover features the same striking half-tone photograph of the author found on the dust jackets (only two substantially complete dust jackets are known to survive) of the hardcover issue, with the title above the image and author's name and publisher below. The spine prints the title and author at the top and publisher at the bottom. This wraps issue measures 6.75 x 4.875 inches (17.2 x 12.4 cm), in contrast to the 7.75 x 5.375 inches (19.7 x 13.7 cm) dimensions of the hardcover issue. The text block was obviously trimmed for this wraps issue. The contents are identical to those of the hardcover first edition, second printing, and bulk the same 1.5 inches thick, the only difference being the omission of the endpapers and addition of the terminal advertisement leaf following p. 414. Churchills bibliographer cites just 1,000 second printing copies (erroneously designated "Second Edition" on the title page) printed by the publisher prior to the end of the 1909-10 fiscal year. This extravagantly rare wraps issue was issued from an unknown, doubtless small, number of these 1,000 sets of sheets.Condition is very good - better than expected for a perishable paperback issue of a political book by a young M.P. published in very small numbers over 100 years ago. The thin paper wraps are present and remain attached and the entire binding remains sound, square and tight with only minor concavity to the spine. The front wrap and spine are almost entirely intact, lightly soiled with creasing and wear to extremities. All of the print and the striking front cover portrait of Churchill are complete and clearly legible. Only the rear cover shows appreciable loss, a roughly 1.75 x 1.5 inch (4.5 x 3.8 cm) x triangular loss at the upper left corner and a .5 x .375 inch (1.3 x .95 cm) loss at the lower left corner. There is also a 1.25 inch (3.2 cm) closed tear at the upper rear joint. The center rear cover print remains fully intact and clearly legible. The contents are surprisingly bright. We find no previous ownership marks. Spotting is primarily confined to the prelims and page edges. The first and final leaves show mild creasing to the corners. The volume is protected within a full red Morocco goatskin Solander case featuring rounded spine with raised, gilt-ruled bands, gilt rule-framed covers, red cloth and paper-lined interior. Condition of the Solander case is pristine.Reference: See Cohen A29.1.b
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$24000.00 + shipping
Description: This first edition, first printing of Churchill's third book of speeches (following Mr. Brodrick's Army and For Free Trade) is the best surviving copy, retaining the most complete known example of the extravagantly rare original dust jacket. Liberalism and the Social Problem dates from Churchill's period as an ardent reformer and a dynamic young political force in the Liberal Party three decades before he became the vaunted leader of Britains Conservative Party. This first edition was bound in a deep red cloth stamped in gilt on the spine and featuring Churchill's gilt-stamped facsimile signature on the front cover. The illustrated dust jacket is a striking period piece, the front face printed gray on thin, white stock with the front face featuring a fuller version of the same photo of Churchill that would appear on the front cover of the wraps edition of The People's Rights published a year later. This is an iconic image, encapsulating the brashly confident young Cabinet Minster. Only two substantially complete copies of the dust jacket are known to survive. This is the best.Condition of the volume itself is better than near fine. The binding is simply magnificent square, clean, and tight with sharp corners and only a little wrinkling to the spine ends and a touch of shelf wear to extremities. The deep red hue of the binding and spine and front cover gilt are peerless, compellingly bright. The contents are internal bright with a crisp, unread feel and no previous owner names. The only minor detraction is spotting, primarily confined to the page edges, pastedowns, and the preliminary and terminal leaves. The endpapers show differential toning, corresponding to the dust jacket flaps. The page edges show mild age-toning, the top edge light shelf dust. Laid in at the rear pastedown we find a publishers printed promotional sheet advertising two other contemporary titles "The Political Situation by Dr. T. J. Macnamara, M.P." and "The Peoples Budget Explained by The Right Honourable D. Llloyd George, M.P."The mere existence of the jacket eclipses condition details. Nonetheless, jacket condition is very good. The dust jacket is substantially complete, with only shallow chip losses to a maximum depth of .25 inch (.64 cm) at the lower right rear face, the lower spine, the upper front joint, the upper front face, and the flap fold extremities. The edges also show some short, closed tears and associated wrinkling at the spine head and upper rear corner. There is no color shift between the covers and spine and the jacket is clean. The jacket is fitted with a clear, removeable, archival cover.The book is housed in a handsome quarter Morocco goatskin Solander case by The Chelsea Bindery, the dark red leather hued complementary to the original binding. The rounded spine features gilt-decorated raised bands and three gilt-printed compartments, title and author on the upper spine, the publication date of 1909 at the spine heel. A gilt rule transition demarcates the border with the red buckram-covered boards. The interior is felt-lined. Condition of the case is fine, with no appreciable wear or soiling.In 1904, Churchill quit the Conservative Party and joined the Liberals, beginning a dynamic chapter in his political career that saw him champion progressive causes and be branded a traitor to his class. In 1909, when Liberalism and the Social Problem was published, Churchill, in his mid-30s, had just been promoted to a Cabinet position. His 21 speeches in this volume address a broad range of social issues still topical today, with the young Churchill trying to chart a progressive course between reactionary conservatism and radical socialism. This was a balance the Liberal Party ultimately failed to sustain; Churchill would remain a member of the Liberal Party until their ruinous electoral defeat in the 1922 General Election. Churchill rejoined the Conservatives in 1924.Reference: Cohen A29.1.a, Woods/ICS A15(a), Langworth p.92.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.