LETTERS FROM GEORGE III TO LORD BUTE 1756-1766
by King George Iii; Romney Sedgwick
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st. 1939
Very good condition. John Stuart, Earl of Bute, was a favourite of George III. He was the King's tutor in the 1750s and rose quickly to high political office after George's accession in 1760. Bute faced the difficult task of negotiating peace at the end of the Seven Years War. Edited with an introduction by Romney Sedgwick. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. lxviii and 277 pages including index.
Spine lightly browned. Text block lightly browned and foxed. Endpapers browned. A few annotations in the form of pencil highlighting to margins. A few foxspots to margins.
Stock no. 1831208
