MR. SECRETARY PEEL: THE LIFE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL TO 1830. This item is unavailable.MR. SECRETARY PEEL: THE LIFE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL TO 1830

1st 1961. Almost very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Sir Robert Peel was twice Prime Minister for Great Britain. Mr Secretary Peel carries its subject's story from birth through his entry into politics in Ireland, his early positions in Tory governments, his tenure as Home Secretary from 1822 (which included his establishing of the Metropolitan Police Force) and up to the struggles over the issue of Catholic Emancipation. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 693 pages including index. A few minor scuffs to boards. Text block is browned and foxed. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing throughout (mainly to margins). Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, lightly sunned/faded to spine, creased to rear panel with a large closed tear which does not affect any text. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.