The Order Of Merit..
Bound in original maroon cloth, gilt in pictorial dust wrapper. A few marks on edges but otherwise a very good copy. Gift inscription from author on verso of half title.
£25.00
Details
SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Publisher
I. B. Tauris.,
Place
London
Date
2007
Synopsis
One hundred years of matchless honour.
Item Description
4to. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. xvi + [ii] + 647 pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by half title vignette and by 56 text figures.
Notes
An order, instituted in 1902, to recognise achievement in a wide variety of endeavour. It has chapters on the military men, scientists, artists, musicians and performers, writers, scholars, men of affairs, humanitarians and women, supplying a biographical sketch of each member. The book also considers those who turned down the offer (Kipling, Housman and Shaw) and those who should have received it. Appendices include the Statutes of the Order and a complete list of members.
[Stock No. 24880]
Subjects
20th Century • History • History/Theology • Medals • Politics