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[WORLD WAR I, VERSAILLES TREATY]. The Treaty of Peace Between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany, and Other Treaty Engagements, Signed at Versailles, June 18, 1919..., London: H.M. Stationery Office 1920. 8vo, 310pp., original drab brown printed paper wrappers, small stain from paperclip affecting first few leaves, spine worn and chipped, black cloth chemise, half black morocco gilt-lettered slipcase. FIRST EDITION. Ink signature "D. Lloyd George" at top of front wrapper. Scattered pencil bracketing and other marks on about 10 pages of the text. Printed bookplate of David Lloyd George.
A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY: DAVID LLOYD GEORGE'S COPY OF THE TREATY WHICH ENDED WORLD WAR I
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl of Dwyfor (1863-1945) served as a Liberal M.P. from 1890, winning a reputation for his brilliant forensic abilities, then as Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which capacity he raised taxes on large estates and implemented Britain's first comprehensive health and unemployment insurance. During World War I he served as Minister of Munitions (1915-1916) and Secretary of State for War (1916), then succeeded Asquith as Prime Minister (1916-1922) playing a dominant role in the negotiations for the Versailles Treaty (he was one of the quartet popularly known as the "Big Four" along with President Woodrow Wilson, French Premier Georges Clemenceau and Italian Premier Vittorio Orlando).
A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY: DAVID LLOYD GEORGE'S COPY OF THE TREATY WHICH ENDED WORLD WAR I
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl of Dwyfor (1863-1945) served as a Liberal M.P. from 1890, winning a reputation for his brilliant forensic abilities, then as Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which capacity he raised taxes on large estates and implemented Britain's first comprehensive health and unemployment insurance. During World War I he served as Minister of Munitions (1915-1916) and Secretary of State for War (1916), then succeeded Asquith as Prime Minister (1916-1922) playing a dominant role in the negotiations for the Versailles Treaty (he was one of the quartet popularly known as the "Big Four" along with President Woodrow Wilson, French Premier Georges Clemenceau and Italian Premier Vittorio Orlando).