Dean Hook. de GLADSTONE (Right Hon. W.E., M.P.) - 1879

An address Delivered at Hawarden By the Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone, M.P. London, Richard Bentley & Son, New Burlington Street, Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen, 1879. One gathering double lge.post 16mo; lilac wrappers printed on front and back in black, the back wrapper bearing a publishers’ advertisement for the Third Edition of ‘The Life and letters Of Walter Farquhar Hook’ By His Son-in-Law, W.R.W. Stephens. Paper of spine a trifle chipped at head and tail and showing slight evidence of gluing; edges marbled, suggesting removal from a volume; some fading of covers; single faint fox-spot on front wrapper and title-page; otherwise fine. The first printing, with 32pp. A later printing had only 16pp. Scarce. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated.