Comes the Reckoning. THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ISMAY
Rare and modern books
Lockhart R.H. Bruce
Putnam,
1947
Comes the Reckoning. THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD ISMAY
Rare and modern books
Lockhart R.H. Bruce
Putnam,
1947
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1947
- Author
- Lockhart R.H. Bruce
- Publishers
- Putnam
- Keyword
- modern first editions, modern firsts, lockhart, bruce lockhart, lord ismay, pug ismay
- Languages
- English
Description
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, free endpapers lightly browned; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip gilt a little dulled but wholly legible, a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO LORD ISMAY WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ['WISEST OF COUNSELLORS AND KINDEST OF FRIENDS'] ON TITLE. A close friend of the author, General Hastings 'Pug' Ismay (1887-1965) served as Churchill's military assistant during WWII and was subsequently appointed Secretary-General of NATO. A UNIQUE AND SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY.
