London: Hutchinson & Co., [1929]. Limited edition of 100 copies, of which this is number five. Flat signed to dedication page. With a portrait frontispiece. 255pp, [1]. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. The first edition of journalist Hannen Swaffer's (1879-1962) collection of entertaining anecdotes of notable contemporary public figures, including Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, Charlie Chaplin, Rudyard Kipling, and Edgar Wallace (who provides the foreword). . First edition. 8vo.

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Bookseller: Antiquates Ltd (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: AQ24916
Title: Hannen Swaffer's who's who
Author: SWAFFER, Hannen
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: [1929]
Keywords: History
Size: 8vo

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