Official report: Parliamentary debates. [Abdication of Edward VIII]. Vol. 318 no. 28. Thursday, 10th December, 1936

Edward VIII; Stanley Baldwin; Winston Churchill; et al

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1936. Pamphlet. Staplebound booklet, pp.2146-2207 (each page in two columns, each column given a "page" number), vertical crease. Minor red pencil notations drawing attention to the King's abdication speech.

After transcripts of more pedestrian Parliamentary discussions, the King's message is presented, and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin moves that it be considered. Baldwin's speech begins, "No more grave message has ever been received by Parliament and no more difficult, I may almost say repugnant, task has ever been imposed upon a Prime Minister...."

Cat.No: 285505

Price: $75.00