THE HOLLAND DIARIES 1831-1840. The diary of Henry Richard Vassall Fox, third Lord Holland, with extracts from the diary of Dr John Allen.
Edited with introductory essay and notes by Abraham D. Kriegel. Pp. lxiv+514(last blank), notes, appendix, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, signs of publisher's price sticker at foot of front flap; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1977. First edition. *Politics and society under William IV and in the early days of Queen Victoria's reign. Henry Fox, third Lord Holland, was a leading Whig politician of the early nineteenth century, who kept a diary from 1811 until his death in 1840. Dr. John Allen, a long-time resident of Holland House, was often referred to as 'Lord Holland's librarian'. Item #175351
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