L. A. G. Strong — Courtauld Thomson

London, John Murray, 1958. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this biography of the 1st Baron Courtauld-Thomson. First Edition. Limited edition of one hundred copies. With the armorial bookplate of Courtauld Thompson, Dorneywood, to the first blank. Featuring a portrait frontispiece. Contains several photographic plates. With a bookbinder's stamp for Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London, to the front free endpaper. Courtauld Greenwood Courtauld-Thomson, 1st Baron Courtauld-Thomson CB, KBE (1865–1954) was a British businessman and holder of public and charitable offices. In 1914 he was appointed Commissioner for the Red Cross and Order of St John. In 1916 he was appointed a CB and in 1918 a KBE. His country seat was at Dorneywood, Buckinghamshire. In the Second World War he turned it into a hostel for officers in the allied air forces. In 1944 he was raised to the peerage 'for philanthropic and public services&apos. In a half crushed morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart with just some shelfwear only. Some fading to the spine. A few spots to the endpapers but otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .