Edmund Barton . With a foreword by R.G. Menzies.
John Reynolds (1901)
Category
Books
Date
1948
Materials
Place of origin
Australia
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3133132
Summary
Political biography. Foreward by former Australian PM Sir Robert Menzies who mentions his minor interactions with Barton and attempts to defend Barton’s lack of action while a high court judge. There is a brief mention of the 1876 SCG cricket riot which Barton umpired. Book gifted by: author Book Inscription Signature: author Book Inscription: To the Rt Hon Winston Spencer Churchill. F.C. C.H. , F.R.S., MP. Statesman and Man of Letters to Whom the Author is deeply indebted as a teacher of the Art of Biography. John Reynolds. Hobart, Tasmania, 18th August 1948.
Bibliographic description
ix,226p. . 8vo.. Shelflist entry - state unknown. Provenance: Inscribed "To the Rt Hon Winston Spencer Churchill. F.C. C.H. , F.R.S., MP. Statesman and Man of Letters to Whom the Author is deeply indebted as a teacher of the Art of Biography. John Reynolds. Hobart, Tasmania, 18th August 1948". Binding: blue cloth, with dust jacket.
Makers and roles
John Reynolds (1901)