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India. Speeches and An Introduction.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1931. [History and Politics] FIRST EDITION, first impression in soft covers. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.141 [3]. With advertisement for the Indian Empire Society at rear. Publisher's orange soft covers titled in black, priced at 1s. Purple 'Hotel Suisse & Majestic, Montreux' stamp to title page. Light toning and rubbing to covers, with a brown oil or grease stain to lower right corner of both panels, bleed through to the first couple of leaves at either end. Very good. A collection of 10 speeches by Churchill on the future of India, which he firmly believed should remain under direct British rule. A rare and fragile title, now almost unobtainable in hard covers. Item #68191
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