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BERNERS, [Gerald] Lord.

A Distant Prospect.

A Distant Prospect.

A Sequel to First Childhood.

Stock Code 108162

London, Constable, 1945

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Presentation copy. A superb association copy with Berners' presentation inscription to the front free endpaper. The recipient was Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, who married as his second wife in 1952, Anthony Eden, soon to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author; 8vo; frontispiece by the author and three photographs; publisher's blue cloth, titles to upper board and spine in silver. A very good copy.

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Provenance: Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, later Eden (author's inscription).

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