Essays Speculative And Political. Balfour, Arthur James.

First edition, first impression, preserving the rare dust jacket. The book collects the essays and lectures written and delivered over the previous 12 years by Balfour, British Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905. Through the Balfour Declaration of 1917 he was a key figure in the eventual establishment of Israel. This copy is from the collection of Churchill's bibliographer Ronald Cohen, with his ownership signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Unclipped jacket a little rubbed, soiled, and chipped, but still well-preserved overall without repair: a fine copy in very good jacket.