8vo. In two volumes. xi, [1], 478; viii, 465pp, [1]. With half-titles. Titles in red and black. Bound by Spottiswoode & Co. in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-calf, red cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spines dulled with a little light water-marking. Marbled endpapers. Presentation inscriptions to both FEPs: 'R. A. Eden / Brinckman Divinity Prize / Eton / 1911'.

A handsome set of Carlyle's modern history classic, with the distinction of having been presented to Prime Minister Anthony Eden (1897-1977) whilst a student at Eton. Eden entered Eton College in the Lent half of 1911. To the surprise of his father, for whom religion was a closed book, he won the Brinckman divinity prize, though his main enthusiasms were for languages and modern history.