Cover: deep blue covered boards, bright gilt portrait and lettering. The binding is as new. Very faint trace of pencil marks on the flyleaf but the remainder of the book is free from annotations or marks. The diary letters in this volume provide an inside account of local and national conservative politics 1915-1920. They also offer an alternative perspective on a private man who, in public, often appeared uneasy and distant. A valuable historical resource as well as an entertaining read. An attractive volume.