McKenna (Stephen) The Secretary of State.
£95
Being the second part of ‘The Realists’
London, Thornton Butterworth, 1927.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
An attractive Abbey jacket graces this work by prolific author McKenna, following the political career of Ambrose Sheridan.
In stock
Gift inscription to front endpaper (signed ‘Stephen’…); original red cloth a little sunned and marked; jacket slightly darkened at spine, some chipping to spine ends and fore-corners.
Dust-jacket artwork by Abbey.
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