A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World. Proceeds from the Sale of this Book to go to the Daily Telegraph Belgian Fund.
King Albert's Book A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World. Proceeds from the Sale of this Book to go to the Daily Telegraph Belgian Fund.
Daily Telegraph/Hodder & Stoughton, 1914.
First edition. 4to. Publisher's special binding of full crushed morocco with gilt embossed lettering and vignettes. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with tipped-in colour plates by various artists, including Rackham, Nielsen, Dulac and Parrish (three with creases). Other plates in line and colour, including one by William Nicholson. A very good copy indeed with some light spotting to endpapers.
Comprising comments, prose and poems from many Statesmen, Diplomats, Artists, Composers etc., including Kipling, Asquith, Churchill, Chesterton, and a musical score by Elgar.
Stock ID: 45332
