Liberalism and the Social Problem.

London: Hodder and Stoughton,, 1909. First edition, first impression. Liberalism and the Social Problem collects the speeches of Churchill, then a Liberal Party MP, on pressing issues as the conciliation of South Africa, imperial preference, labour exchanges, and unemployment insurance. This copy is from the collection of Churchill's bibliographer Ronald Cohen. "That a young, radical Churchill was once held the scourge of the British Establishment and a traitor to his class is largely forgotten by those who think of him only in the modern or at least the Second World War context. Yet by 1909, when his third book of speeches was published, Churchill was an ardent reformer, the bane of Torydom" (Langworth, p. 90). Provenance: Ronald Cohen, with his ownership inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper. Cohen's Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, published in three volumes in 2006, is the authoritative source for collectors, librarians, and dealers. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, facsimile of author's signature to the front cover in gilt, bottom edge untrimmed. Very light bumping and rubbing at extremities, spine bright, slight separation preceding title page, minor spotting towards end. A very good copy. Cohen A29.1.a; Woods A15. Richard Langworth, A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 1998.