[BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS]. [BALFOUR, Arthur James (1848-1930), his copy). WHITMAN, Walt (1819-1892). Elegiac Ode, The Words From President Lincoln's Burial Hymn? The Music Composed by C. Villiers Stanford. London: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co., 1884. 8vo. [62], [2, ads] pp. Publisher's printed wrappers (worn, soiled, torn, front wrapper detached (yet present), rear wrapper nearly detached, some toning, creasing to text). Fair. PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON THE FRONT WRAPPER, AND HIS NAME WRITTEN ON THE TITLE-PAGE (his name on the title-page is in an unknown hand). Sheet music version of Whitman's Burial Hymn, with music by Stanford. An unusual association.