THE RIDDELL DIARIES 1908-1923.
Edited and with an Introduction by J. M. McEwen. Foreword by John Grigg. Pp. xviii+430, list of important person (and principal offices between 1908 and 1923), notes, appendices, index; demy 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, 2 tiny bruises to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on flaps and reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves slightly foxed; The Athlone Press, London, 1986. First edition. *'Lord Riddell was a newspaper magnate and a confidant of leading statesmen, including Lloyd George. His recollections were published in three volumes in the two years before his death in 1934. For this selection Professor McEwen has returned to the original manuscripts and has included a large proportion of unpublished material, remarkable for the new light it throws on familiar faces and a upon the political history of the years between 1908 and 1923 [wrapper blurb]. Item #180737
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