Publishers' Union, 1898. Richard B. Cook, D.D...author of The Life of Spurgeon, etc. The Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone four times Prime Minister of England. Photo frontispiece of Gladstone taken in 1892 at the time of his fourth call to the premiership. A preface, introductory, and copious list of illustrations provided. A sampling of illustrations: Birthplace of Gladstone.... Gladstone's London Residence.... Gladstone's marriage at Hawarden.... Old Hawarden Castle.... Hawarden Church.... The Rev. H. Drew.... Condition of Ireland 1882.... Gladstone Family Group.... Release of Parnell, Dillon and O'Kelly.... Irish Leaders.... Irish Constabulary Evicting Tenants.... The Midlothian Campaign, etc. The contents supply twenty-one chapters of biography beginning with: Ancestry and Birth....At Eton and Oxford.... Early Parlimentary Experiences through to : Prime Minister the Fourth Time.... In private Life and Closing Scenes. Other chapters: Book on Church and State.... The Neapolitan Prisons.... The Crimean War.... Homeric Studies... etc. 602pp. Decorated spine and boards. Color-lift to edge of front board. Boards show moderate soiling. Text block clear and tight. An excellent biography of an extraordinary individual.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Politics England + British Prime Ministers + England + William E Gladstone + British Government + Ireland + British Parliment + Crimean War + The Neapolitan Prisons + British History + NOISBN. Catalogs: Autobiography/Biography.

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Bookseller: Gilt Edge Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: B1412
Title: The Grand Old Man or The Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone
Author: Cook, Richard B
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Publishers' Union
Date Published: 1898
Bookseller catalogs: Autobiography/Biography;

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