The Life of George, Fourth Earl of Aberdeen, In Two Volumes, Lady Frances Balfour, 1922

Biography of George Hamilton-Gordon, 1784-1860. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852-1855. He was a British Statesman, Diplomat and specialist in Foreign Affairs.

The Life of George, Fourth Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., K.T. In Two Volumes. By Lady Frances Balfour, LL.D., D.Litt.

Published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London. First edition set. Publication date not explicitly stated, but from preface, 1922. An uncommon set.

A good set of maroon cloth hardbacks with gilt titles to spine. With some bumping and wear to extremities and covers with some discolored mottled marks. Soundly bound.

Text is bright and clean throughout. Some offsetting to endpapers and spotting to edge of text block, and some staining to top edge. Plates are bright and clean. A very readable set. 

Text in English.

Vol I: viii + 316pp + Guarded frontispiece + 11 pages of Plates (12 images) - All as called for; and; 
Vol II: v + 365pp + Guarded frontispiece + 3 pages of Plates (4 images) - All as called for.

Weight approximately 1365g (the set - unpacked).

Dimensions: 

Each volume typically 221mm high x 156mm wide x 45-48mm deep.