On a Dictum of Mr. Disraeli's and other Matters. An Address delivered before the University of Glasgow on December 5th, 1912 fine-bindings Bound in full greenish-black morocco

Bound in full greenish-black morocco with intricate and ornate gilt decorations to sides and spine in the Moorish tradition

top of the spine of jacket

Light foxing to prelims and edges of text block

and maps in the text

John Deakin

On a Dictum of Mr. Disraeli's and other Matters. An Address delivered before the University of Glasgow on December 5th, 1912 fine-bindings Bound in full greenish-black moroccoLondon: Arthur L. Humphries, 1912. Presentation copy from the author to Herbert Paul (1853 1935), historian and LIberal MP, author of the five volume History of Modern England (1904 06), and further inscribed to Antony Gibbs "from his Grandmother, the friend of" (referring to Birrell). Publisher's cloth, gilt titles to front, stained in places. Slim volume, only 22 pages, several marginal annotation in manuscript to text.