First edition. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 414 pp. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, bottom edge untrimmed (small amount of faint spotting to fore edge of text block, heavy pencilled annotations to rear endpapers in an early hand with a few instances of pencilled underling to the final chapter; some trivial shelf wear to extremities, upper corners gently bumped, otherwise a very good copy indeed). London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1909.
An early collection of speeches written during Churchill's early period as a member of the Liberal Party - with a 'Presentation copy' blindstamp to title page.
