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Anthony Eden. The Eden Memoirs: The Reckoning. London: Cassell, [1965]....
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A wonderful association copy, inscribed by Anthony Eden to Churchill's widow Clementine
Anthony Eden. The Eden Memoirs: The Reckoning.
London: Cassell, [1965].4to. Publisher's blue cloth, spine stamped in silver; quarter morocco slipcase.
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO CHURCHILL'S WIDOW on a fly leaf: "To Clemmie / with love and / in memory of Winston / from / Anthony / February 1965."
Sir Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977), had a storied career as a politician in 20th-century Great Britain. He served as Foreign Secretary three times, including during both WWII and the Cold War. He was a trusted deputy of then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who appointed Eden Secretary of State for War, and, in 1955, Eden succeeded Churchill as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Of the three volumes that comprise his memoirs, the present volume, The Reckoning, "deals with the span of time extending from my resignation as Foreign Secretary in Mr. Chamberlain's Government to the end of the second world war," (Forward).
Condition: Minor wear; else, fine.
Provenance: Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (presentation inscription); thence by family descent; acquired from James Cummins Bookseller, New York, in 2000. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 June 27 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6295 (go to Auction Home page)
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