[Lord Halifax, architect of appeasement.] Autograph Signature to offprint pamphlet from The Times, printing an address by him at Oxford under the headline ‘A Conflict of Youth / Lord Halifax to Oxford / Evil must be met by force’.

In good condition, lightly-aged. Folded once. Signed at top-right of cover page: ‘Halifax. / March 1940.’ The pamphlet is uncommon; OCLC WorldCat lists eight copies worldwide: including two in Britain and two in America. 4pp, 4to. Bifolium. Text in double column of small print. Not paginated. Slug: ‘Printed by THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, Limited, Printing House Square, London, E.C.4. England.’ Headline: ‘A CONFLICT OF YOUTH / LORD HALIFAX TO OXFORD / EVIL MUST BE MET BY FORCE / From Our Special Correspondent’. Byline: ‘OXFORD, FEB. 27’. The text of the address is preceded by a paragraph beginning: ‘Lord Halifax addressed a crowded audience in the Sheldonian Theatre this evening in the dual capacity of Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the University. He was given a great welcome by dons, undergraduates, and citizens, and the gallery queues had been standing nearly an hour before the time announced for the address.’ Sections titled: ‘Lord Grey of Fallodon’, ‘Limitations of time’, ‘In stark opposition’, ‘Fighting for a life’, ‘Conventions’, ‘Perpetual war?’, ‘World of our desire’ and ‘No empty boast’.