Shelfmark
MS 891
Author
Title
Autograph draft of a despatch to Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, His Majesty's Ambassador at Washington, respecting the Allied Note of 10 January 1917.
Edition
[Draft]
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, 1917.
Physical description
25 leaves, bound ; 25 cm.
Note
Autograph draft of despatch entirely in Balfour's holograph, with corrections and "second thoughts". The draft is written on the recto of Foreign Office paper with the exception of 6 pages which are on notepaper headed "Panshanger, Hertford".
Note
Photograph of Balfour at a tennis tournament in 1921-22 loosely inserted.
Note
Printed copy of the despatch inserted in pocket at end of volume.
Provenance
Presentation inscription in unidentified hand on flyleaf: "presented to Sir Ian Malcolm by the author". Malcolm accompanied Balfour's War Commission to the United States in 1917 and was also Balfour's secretary at the Peace Conference, Paris in 1919.
Binding
Maroon morocco ; gilt inside borders ; marbled endpapers ; bound by Rivière.
Subject
World War, 1914-1918.
Added entry--name
Malcolm, Ian, 1868 - 1944 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Riviere & Son binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B38916