THE WORK OF THE WORLD - 1923 - 1941

Toronto: The Champlain Society, 2013. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xx) 517 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Red cloth decorated in gilt on the spine; headband; black and white frontis of O. D. Skelton. Very lightly rubbed on the corners. The Contents are: Preface; Introduction; Documents: The Imperial Conference of 1923; Counsellor Skelton 1924 - 1925; Succeeding Sir Joseph 1925; The Rhine is 3000 Miles Away; The Imperial Conference of 1926; Washington 1927; The League of Nations 1927; The Renunciation of War 1928; Legislating Liberty 1929; Change of Scene and Change of Government 1929 - 1930; Canada and the Pacific 1931 - 1933; In London and Geneva 1933; Experimenting with the Soviets 1934; Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference of 1935; Ethiopia and Election 1935; Peace - and Canada - in Jeopardy 1936; Diplomatic Representation 1936 - 1937; The Imperial Conference of 1937; The Czech Crisis 1938; A Great Country Not Bound by Pledges - January - March 1939; Automatic Belligerency or Not - March 1939; When the Devil Is Loose - April - August 1939; Stampede Over the Edge - August - September 1939; War Aims - October - November 1939; and Adversaries and Allies and Those in Between - December 1939 - January 1941; followed by a bibliography and an index..