Description

Very good copies of both the First and Second States of the First English edition (per Cohen). The First State has the misnumbered page 71 (numbered I) and the Appendix and Index at rear. The Second State has page 71 numbered correctly and a Second Appendix replacing the Index at rear.

Printed on cheap, acidic paper that deteriorated quickly, these volumes remain in unusually good condition. The covers of the First State, front and rear, and the spine are entirely intact, save for infinitesimal fractional losses at the spine head and tail. The upper right corner edge of the front cover has been reattached with archival tape. The pages are browned, some are chipped, and the corner tips of the prelims have broken off (though they are still present). The contents are otherwise quite fine

The front cover of the Second State is missing a quarter-of-an-inch or less at the upper right corner and the rear cover has loss of one-inch square at the lower right corner. The color of the covers is unusually bright and the spines are almost entirely intact and supple. The pages are browned, but less than usual, though some are edge-chipped, with corner losses.

Two extremely perishable rarities here in rare form, preserved in a single blue cloth solander with leather spine label.

Laid-in also is an extremely rare photocopy of the Campaign Leaflet authored by Winston Churchill that is advertised on the front inside cover of THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS. “Of this folded leaflet,” writes Cohen in his Churchill bibliography, “Woods said: ‘There is, however, no proof that this was ever published.’ It does exist, concluded Cohen. I have been able to examine a photocopy of the leaflet.”