CHURCHILL (WINSTON)Arms and Covenant, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED To George [Lloyd] from Winston, August 1938", portrait frontispiece, publisher's cloth [Wood A44(a)], 8vo, George G. Harrap, [1938]FootnotesRARE EXAMPLE OF A PRESENTATION COPY INFORMALLY INSCRIBED BY "WINSTON" TO A CLOSE FRIEND. The recipient, "George", was Lord Lloyd, who had first entered parliament as an M.P. in 1910, subsequently working closely with Churchill throughout his political career. When Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940 he appointed Lloyd to his Cabinet as Colonial Secretary, at the same time as he was chosen as leader of the House of Lords. On his death a few months later Churchill addressed the House, stating "To me the loss is particularly painful. Lord Lloyd and I have been friends for many years and close political associates during the last twelve years. We championed several causes together which did not command the applause of large majorities; but it is just in that kind of cause... that one learns the worth and quality of a comrade and friend" (quoted in Churchill's preface to Life of Lord Lloyd by Colin Forbes, 1948).
"These forty speeches are a sustained effort to maintain the peace in Europe and safety of Britain... If British interests are set in the foremost place, it is only upon the condition that they shall serve the cause of a free and progressive world" (Randolph S. Churchill, introduction).
Provenance: George LLoyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran (1879-1941), gift inscription from the author; by descent to the present owner.
CHURCHILL (WINSTON)Arms and Covenant, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED To George [Lloyd] from Winston, August 1938", portrait frontispiece, publisher's cloth [Wood A44(a)], 8vo, George G. Harrap, [1938]FootnotesRARE EXAMPLE OF A PRESENTATION COPY INFORMALLY INSCRIBED BY "WINSTON" TO A CLOSE FRIEND. The recipient, "George", was Lord Lloyd, who had first entered parliament as an M.P. in 1910, subsequently working closely with Churchill throughout his political career. When Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940 he appointed Lloyd to his Cabinet as Colonial Secretary, at the same time as he was chosen as leader of the House of Lords. On his death a few months later Churchill addressed the House, stating "To me the loss is particularly painful. Lord Lloyd and I have been friends for many years and close political associates during the last twelve years. We championed several causes together which did not command the applause of large majorities; but it is just in that kind of cause... that one learns the worth and quality of a comrade and friend" (quoted in Churchill's preface to Life of Lord Lloyd by Colin Forbes, 1948).
"These forty speeches are a sustained effort to maintain the peace in Europe and safety of Britain... If British interests are set in the foremost place, it is only upon the condition that they shall serve the cause of a free and progressive world" (Randolph S. Churchill, introduction).
Provenance: George LLoyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran (1879-1941), gift inscription from the author; by descent to the present owner.
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