MEMOIRS OF THE WHIG PARTY DURING MY TIME. Edited by His Son, Henry Edward Lord Holland.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Richard Henry Lord Holland (1773-1840) was a British Whig politician, associate of the party leader and reorganizer Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, and nephew and disciple of the statesman Charles James Fox, whose libertarian political ideas he expounded in the House of Lords. Octavo, two volumes: vi, [2], 275, [1] pp. + v, [3], 358 pp. Full brown calf bindings, with green and morocco spine labels, gilt-stamped titling, borders, and ornamentation, blind-stamped dentelles, and marbled endpapers and edges. Light foxing to the prefatory and concluding leaves, with a period ink gift inscription from one Eton student to another on the prefatory blank leaf in the first volume. The spines are slightly toned, with a bit of scuffing and wear to the leather; else very good. Very good. Item #79670
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