George Adam - The Tiger: Georges Clemenceau 1841-1929

London, Jonathan Cape, 1930. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound copy of the first edition of this biography of French statesman Georges Clemenceau. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plate. Collated complete. The life of Georges Benjamin Clemenceau, a French statesman who twice served as Prime Minister of France. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic, particularly amid the end of the First World War. Written by George James Adam, a a Scottish preacher, scholar, and biographer. From the library of Christopher Foyle, a British philanthropist and the chairman of the famous Foyle's Bookshop in London. In the original quarter crushed morocco with marbled boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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