This scarce two-volume historical work, published by Hodder and Stoughton, is compiled by Maud Wyndham and founded entirely on the private correspondence of Sir Thomas Lyttelton and his family, offering an intimate glimpse into 18th-century British society. The books are in acceptable to fair condition, showing significant shelf wear, fraying, and chipping at the top and bottom of the cloth spines, along with prominent water staining on the outer blue boards and minor damp staining to the interior margins of the pages.