A post now about a book with several points of interest. Gladstone’s book ‘Special Aspects of the Irish Question’ was published in 1892, the year that Gladstone returned to office for his fourth term as Prime Minister. This copy is exceptionally beautifully bound, I haven’t seen another with this fine binding. The reason soon becomes clear. This copy was a gift from the Prime Minister to the man who would come to power after him, Lord Rosebery.
It has beautiful marbled papers, a bookplate with the garter symbol and it must have been valued by Rosebery because it has the embossed mark of Rosebery’s home in Epsom, The Durdans.
The Solitary Reader 