MEMORIES AND REFLECTIONS 1852-1927

(London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1928).

FIRST EDITION. 'The Earl was a British statesman and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was the last Liberal prime minister to command a majority government, and the most recent Liberal to have served as Leader of the Opposition. He played a major role in the design and passage of major liberal legislation and a reduction of the power of the House of Lords. In August 1914, Asquith took Great Britain and the British Empire into the First World War.
When Britain declared war on Germany in response to the German invasion of Belgium, high-profile domestic conflicts were suspended regarding Ireland and women's suffrage. Asquith was more of a committee chair than a dynamic leader. He oversaw national mobilization, the dispatch of the British Expeditionary Force to the Western Front, the creation of a mass army, and the development of an industrial strategy designed to support the country's war aims. The war became bogged down and the demand rose for better leadership. He was forced to form a coalition with the Conservatives and Labour early in 1915.'
He remained the only Prime Minister between 1827 and 1979 to serve more than eight consecutive years in a single term.' Wiki. Item #32148

2 volumes. First Edition. With 8 black and white plates in each volume and a folding map in Vol 2. 8vo, publisher's original blue-black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spines, and blocked in blind at the borders of the covers. xvii, 283 (1 ad); vii, 287 pp. A handsome set, the spine panels mellowed equally, some light age evidence to the cloth, internally clean and bright, the hinges sound and the text-blocks and illustrations all in good order.

Price: $95.00