Roseberry,Lord (Augustine Birrell Copy with 2 Signed Letters by Prime Minister Lord Roseberry Included) — Pitt

Macmillan and Co Augustine Birrell's Copy who was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916.It is signed and dated by Birrell 1892 on the half title page.In addition the book includes two dictated letters by Lord Roseberry who was Archibald Philip Primrose the 5th Earl of Rosebery and the 1st Earl of Midlothian and was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895.It's a Very Good Copy in Original black cloth Boards with gilt title lettering to spine with rough cut page edges.There are two Lord Roseberry letters one of which is to Baroness Constance Battersea and is dated 1920 asking if he would like to be Lord Lieutenant and saying that if so he must provide six seats a heavy price to pay,he also goes on to add that I am glad Birrell showed an interest in me as I am very fond of him and it is the first symptom he has shown of any such feeling.The second letter included is affixed to the front pastedown and is dated June 24th 1920 and is a letter of apology and it reads as such so as to show the context..... '' My dear Birrell I am distressed by your letter,for you are quite in the right and I am in the wrong.I did give some plaintive hint to Lady Battersea,but Peggy assures me that my whine was unfounded.When one is ill in broods,which accounts,I fear,for my having said what I did. I wish you could find time to run down here: but I fear that that may not be possible'' So there it is a rather intriguing and delightful piece of British Political history.Fascinating with the close association of not just Augustine Birrell but of Baroness Constance Battersea who was a society hostess and philanthropist in London who established the Jewish Association for the Protection of Girls, Women and Children in 1885 and was prominent in the Temperance movement in the United Kingdom.8vo 287pp plus appendix First Edition [1891] Very Good No Jacket First Edition 1st Printing London 8vo