x 371 pages. Neat ownership inscription on head of the Contents page, else clean, unmarked and solid, though obviously second hand. "Sir Henry William Lucy JP, (5 December 1842 - 20 February 1924) was a famed English political journalist of the Victorian era, acknowledged as the first great lobby correspondent. He wrote for Punch, The Strand Magazine, The Observer, The New York Times and many other papers. He also wrote books, detailing the workings of the Houses of Parliament and two autobiographies. He was knighted in 1909."