Old men forget : the autobiography of Duff Cooper (Viscount Norwich)
1954, First Edition, Eighth Impression. London : Rupert Hart-Davis. Very good copy in contemporary gilt-blocked black cloth boards, with a slightly worn spine. Text edges, preliminary and final leaves faintly foxed, with the interior remaining tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Item #472403
Physical description; 399 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Child and boy, 1890-1907 -- Adolescent, 1907-1913 -- The Foreign Office, 1913-1917 -- The army in England, 1917-1918 -- The army in France, 1918 -- Marriage, 1918-1922 -- Private secretary, 1922-1924 -- Candidate, 1924 -- Member of Parliament, 1924-1926 -- In office, 1926-1929 -- Literature and politics, 1919-1935 -- Secretary of State for War, 1935-1937 -- First Lord of the Admiralty, 1937-1938 -- Resignation, 1938 -- The respite, 1938-1939 -- The beginning of the war, 1939-1940 -- Minister of Information, 1940-1941 -- Singapore, 1941-1942 -- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1942-1943 -- Algiers, 1944 -- Paris, 1944-1945 -- The Treaty of Dunkirk, 1945-1947 -- The end of my career, 1947. Subjects; Statesmen. Politicians. Cabinet ministers. Autobiography. Memoir. Great Britain. Politics and government. 20th century. 19th century. Portraits. Illustrated. Plates. World War I. World War II. Foreign policy. Diplomacy. Parliament. Conservative Party. Literature. War Office. Admiralty. Ministry of Information. Singapore. Paris. Dunkirk Treaty.
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