CHURCHILL, WINSTON — Coniston

NY: The Macmillan Company, 1906. 1st Edition. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Florence Scovel Shinn. Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering and borders on spine and covers, t.e.g. In its day, this was a very popular historical novel by American author Winston Churchill. It is the story of mid-19th Century New England politics and a man's quest for power. His Tammany-Hall like grip on power was in danger, and only one woman knoew the secret that could lead to his undoing. Brief gift inscription (Dec. 25, 1906) on ffep, otherwise unmarked, spine and covers very lightly soiled, else fine; tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. xii, (i), 543, (2-adverts) pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .