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NEL,ELIZABETH: : MR. CHURCHILL'S SECRETARY.[Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1958.

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UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten blue ink,warm dedication inscription and signature: 'Peggy Williams: With love,and happy memories of our times together (far too short!) Elizabeth Nel.' to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean b/w photographic illustrated upper wrap with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf -wear and creasing to edges - no major nicks or tears present.Top edge slightly aged/tanned with miniscule,sporadic foxing /spotting,fore-edge brighter and cleaner, also with miniscule,sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean, unblemished,publisher's original,plain red cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED, 1st edn,12-188pp [paginated] includes author introduction,20 chapters,7pp contemporary b/w photographs - includes author b/w photographic portrait frntis; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+ title pages,a dedication,and illustrations/photographs list/table.Laid in is a contemporary newspaper cutting of a review of the book,from the Daily Telegraph with pencilled date 20 Nov,1958 and the author's maiden name Elizabeth Layton to top of cutting. 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 rja655617 for an unsigned,UK,HB+dw/dj,1st edn of same 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 capacity 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 privileged 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 this year 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,SIGNED,1st edn.
'Peggy Williams: With love,and happy memories of our times together (far too short!) Elizabeth Nel.'

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