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Winston Churchill | The People's Rights, 1910, original wrappers, first edition, second issue

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July 20, 01:11 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

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Sir Winston Churchill


The People's Rights. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910


8vo, FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE IN WRAPPERS, with p.71 correctly numbered and second appendix, original orange-yellow coated wrappers pictorially printed in black and blue, lower wrapper detached, final three leaves loose, wrappers chipped, loss at spine, browning


"All issues of The People's Rights are extremely scarce" (Cohen). This collection of campaign speeches was printed cheaply after the Liberal success in the General Election of December 1909 - hence the delicate condition of the few surviving copies. Churchill stood as a member of the Liberal Government and the title is a reference to Lloyd George's controversial and important "People's Budget" of 1909.


LITERATURE:

Cohen A31.2.a; Woods A16a

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