POLLARD, A[LBERT] F[REDERICK] — Factors in Modern History

London: Archibald Constable and Co, 1907. First Edition (?). First Printing. Leather. Half blue leather over light blue linen boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt medallion on cover, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Albert Frederick Pollard (1869-1948) was an English historian and Professor of Constitutional History at University College, London. Best known for his history "The Evolution of Parliament" (1920), he contributed five hundred articles to the Dictionary of National Biography and was a founder of the Historical Association in 1906, which still plays an important role in the teaching of history throughout the United Kingdom.. Only minor shelf-wear, unmarked, tight, square and clean, pages supple. An attractive volume. VERY GOOD. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 287 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .