Lot 491
Churchill, Sir Winston
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
Description
St. Paul's Cathedral. Order and form of the thanksgiving service for the preservation of the cathedral, Wednesday, 25th June 1930, signed on the title page by Winston Churchill, King George V, W.R. Inge, Stanley Baldwin, Cosmo Lang, A.F. London, Francis Bourne and J. Ramsay Macdonald, 8vo, red morocco, stamped in gilt on upper cover
Footnote
Note: Ramsay Macdonald had succeeded Stanley Baldwin as Prime Minister on 5 June 1929. Francis Bourne was Roman Catholic archbishop of Westminster, W.R. Inge was Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral and Cosmo Lang was Archbishop of Canterbury. Churchill had returned to the back benches after defeat in the general election of 1929.
Provenance: W. Archer Thomas, inscription on endpaper; Rawlins collection of historical documents and A.L.S., stamp on endpapers.