Frederick Edwin Earl of Birkenhead: The First Phase

A smartly bound first edition biography of Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of Birkenhead, with a foreword by Winston Churchill. The first edition, first impression of this work.Handsomely bound in half calf, with cloth boards.With a coloured frontispiece and nineteen monochrome plates. Collated, complete.An excellent biographical study of Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead and a notable British Conservative politician and barrister. Written by his son, Frederick Smith, a biographer and Member of the House of Lords.Among his career, he is also well remembered as Winston Churchill's greatest personal and political friend until Birkenhead's death. This work is prefaced by the Prime Minister. Handsomely bound in half calf, with cloth boards. Externally, very smart, with minor fading to the spine and shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine.