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NEL,ELIZABETH**: : MR. CHURCHILL'S SECRETARY.[Association Copy?]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1958.

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UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Association copy.] VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Generally bright, crisp,clean b/w photographic illustrated upper wrap with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges.At head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj some minimal rubbing and to the dw/dj's gutter's edges; a small nick to front gutter's edge and a 7/16ths" closed tear to the rear gutter'sedge - no other major nicks or tears present.Top edge slightly aged/tanned with some dust-soiling, sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges slightly brighter and cleaner but also with sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight and clean with some minimal sporadic foxing/spotting to some preliminary pages - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy,apart from my own collation? Bright, clean,unblemished,publisher's original, plain red cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and lightly foxed/spotted plain white eps. UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,12-188pp [paginated] includes author intro,20 chapters,7pp contemporary b/w photographs - includes author b/w photographic portrait frntis; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+title pages,dedication, and illustrations/photographs list/table. Described hard but fairly and honestly - nowhere as bad as it would read or sound -a very acceptable collectable loose association copy. Recollections of the great man by a woman who worked for him throughout the crucial years from 1941 to 1945.Born 14 June,1917 (Suffolk) died 30 October,2007 (Port Elizabeth,South Africa).A new edition of her book was published shortly before her death.See also my book ID rja30928 for an author SIGNED example of this title,and also rja655317 for similar but different,related title. An important and welcome addition to the Churchilliana canon for all Churchill collectors. This fascinating first-hand account of what life was like for Churchill's immediate wartime entourage is told by an Englishwoman who was,for four-and-a-half vital years during the war,one of Churchill's Personal Secretaries.In this cpacity she accompanied him to the majority of the great wartime meetings - Canada,the USA,Moscow,Yalta,Casablanca, even the spur-of-the-moment Christmas conference in Athens.World-famous figures and events which will never lose their place in history are the background and setting for her story,but it is essentially a personal one and reflects the character of the author.Loyal,modest, enthusiastic,unflagging even when overworked and tired,Mrs Nel betrays no personal conceit at the part she was privilieged to play in great events.She shows that Churchill's own self-dedication and devotion to the cause inspired his staff to fanatical loyalty,and the example he himself set awoke in them a determination to see that he had the very best of which they were capable.This book provides an unusual and absorbing answer to the question "What makes a Great Man?" Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in 2016 too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.

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