Retrospect: The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Viscount Simon G.C.S.I., G.C.V.O (Signed and inscribed)

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– Signed and inscribed by the author to ‘James Melrose’, with the name of a later owner below –

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, GCSI, GCVO, OBE, PC (28 February 1873 – 11 January 1954) was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second. He is one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the others being R. A. Butler and James Callaghan.

He also served as Lord Chancellor, the most senior position in the British legal system. Beginning his career as a Liberal (identified with the left-wing and later the right-wing of the Party), he joined the National Government in 1931, creating the Liberal National Party in the process. At the end of his career he was, essentially, a Conservative.

Price: R780.00

Edition: First edition

Date published: 1952

Publishers: Hutchinson & Co.

Condition: Dust jacket shows tears and scuff marks to the edges of the cover and spine – now covered in a protective plastic sleeve. Hardcover in very good condition with minor scuff marks to the corners. Minor foxing, and browning of the pages due to age, throughout. Otherwise internally clean tightly bound. Previous owner’s name below inscription by the author.