The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill. 1908, First edition.

The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill.

Publisher: Edward Arnold, London, 1908, First edition.

Hardback in blue cloth boards. Fair condition. Rubbed and worn at edges, chipped at spine edges, creased on corners, with marks, and a couple of dents. Gilt titles to spine dulled down. Gilt titles to front board are bright. Book seller's labels inside front & back boards. No inscriptions. Frontispiece with complete tissue paper guard. Creasing to some page corners. 7 b&w illustrations. 2 tissue guards. Pages have rough cut edges, 1 page has a closed tear to top edge, some small closed tears at edges. foxing throughout. 372 pages with 16 pages of adverts at rear.

She was Winston Churchill mother, but before that, she was one of the many dollar princesses who married into the European aristocracy. Regarded as one of the great beauties of her age, Lady Randolph Churchill brought an American sense of style to Britain.