Slings and Arrows: Sayings Chosen from the Speeches of the Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, O.M., M.P.

LLOYD GEORGE, David (1863-1945), [GUEDALLA, Philip, editor].

London: Cassell and Company, 1929. [Political Quotations] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.xviii; 324. With a photographic frontispiece of Lloyd George. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Black ink ownership to front pastedown. Flyleaf removed. A quotation from John Milton written heavily in blue ink to recto of frontispiece. Spotting to preliminaries. Some rubbing and a few marks to boars. Rather scarce. Good. A wide selection of quotations from the last Liberal Prime Minister: "Toryism would, if left alone, do nothing. Liberalism would break the soil with the plough. Socialism prefers to do it with an earthquake." Item #56384

Price: £48.00