Binding: Decorative Cloth Book Condition: Near Fine; Commendation bookplate to front end-paper. Some foxing. Edition: First Edition Second Impression Size: 8vo Publisher: London Hodder & Stoughton Limited 1935
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[25] leaves of plates including a Colour Frontispiece of The King at Sandringham ; 27 cm. This sympathetic portrait starts with the death of Edward VII and George V's succession. It was a reign that saw many changes including the Union of South Africa, the First World War and the General Strike of 1926. John Buchan wrote that 'This book is not a biography of King George, but an attempt to provide a picture - and some slight interpretation - of his reign, with the Throne as the continuing thing through an epoch of unprecedented change. ' John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (August 26, 1875 – February 11, 1940) , was a Scottish novelist and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. Born in Perth, Scotland. ; B&W Photographs; 285 pages
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