Leaves from My Library - An English Anthology by Denning, Rt. Hon. Lord - 1986

London: Butterworth, 1986. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. 256 pages. Born in 1899 Alfred Thompson Denning was a brilliant student, Eldon Scholar and Prize Student at the Inns of Court, and was called to the bar in 1923, becoming a King's Counsel 15 years later. In 1944 he was knighted and appointed a High Court Judge. He became a Lord Justice of Appeal and a Privy Councillor in 1948. Created a life peer in 1957, he took the title Baron Denning of Whitchurch and in the same year was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. Lord Denning held the office of Master of the Rolls from 1962 to his retirement in 1962. He died at the age of 100 in 1999. The book is a unique anthology of English prose which Lord Denning has himself chosen from his library. He punctuates his chosen extracts with an illuminating commentary, setting each piece of prose in its social and historical context. A1C. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.