Description
Title: Letters from George III to Lord Bute, 1756-1766
Author: editor Romney Sedgwick
Publisher: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., London
Published: 1939
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 277
Catalogs: European History, England, Letters
: Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. No dust-jacket. Boards are warped, pastedowns foxed, and some minor evidence of pests. Text block is solid and in very good condition, save minor tanning. No known marginalia. Contains a 68-page introductory essay by Romney Sedgwick, paginated in roman numerals; letters paginate from 1-277. Sedgwick suggests that these letters, which were almost lost, and represent a rare portion of George III’s correspondence with Bute that had not been destroyed, are crucial to fixing distortions that appear in prior histories of George III. For example, the letters show the origin of the view that George III was attempting to subvert the system of responsible government, an accusation manufactured originally by his political opponents. Richard Romney Sedgwick (1894-1972) was a British historian, civil servant and diplomat. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 277 pages plus introduction and publisher’s list, octavo.
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