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Winston Wartime photographic portrait signed. London: Walter Stoneman, 1942 PRESENTED TO A MEMBER OF HIS STAFF DURING THE ATLANTIC CHARTER MEETINGS S. Signed and dated by Churchill on the mount in black ink, “W. S. Churchill, 1942”, presented to Lt.-Commander H. W. (Harry) McMullan RNVR, who was on Churchill’s staff during the Atlantic Charter meetings and served in the Admiralty operations room. Harry McMullan (1909–1988) was a member of the Ulster division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and a future head of programmes at BBC Northern Ireland. He is mentioned several times in H. V. Morton’s Atlantic Meeting (1943), although his name is misspelled as “McMullen”. Morton describes how “after his sleep, the Prime Minister, full of renewed energy, would generally pay a visit to the Map Room to see what was happening. The Map Room in the Prince of Wales was a replica in miniature of the famous Map Room at the Admiralty. It had been fitted up on the Prime Minister’s instructions by two officers from the Admiralty, Captain Pim and Lieut.-Commander McMullen. They had taken over an office in the ship for the purpose”. McMullan later broadcast for the BBC during VE celebrations in Belfast. A letter from McMullan’s grandson accompanies this item, along with a copy of a portrait of McMullan in naval uniform, outlining his life and career. Walter Stoneman (1876–1958) was among the most celebrated and prolific British photographers of the 20th century. In 1918 he established the ambitious National Photographic Record (NPR) in conjunction with the National Portrait Gallery, the intention being to photograph every eminent British person. “Stoneman’s most iconic portrait is that of Winston Churchill standing in the cabinet room at 10 Downing Street. The photograph was not commissioned for the NPR, but was presented to the National Portrait Gallery by Stoneman who, sensing its historical significance, recorded the precise moment at which it was taken, 3 p.m. on 1 April 1941. The image represented the power and determination of the nation, and it was circulated around the world; a copy of it stood on Stalin’s desk in Moscow” ( ODNB ). Vintage silver gelatin print, mounted on card, verso with Stoneman’s studio wet-stamp and pencilled annotations
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(image 200 × 134 mm; mount sheet 297 × 215 mm). Mount toned at periphery. In excellent condition. £8,750 [152016] 39 COHEN, Leonard. You Do Not Have to Love Me. San Francisco: Sore Dove Press, 2008 WITH AN ORIGINAL PAINTING Signed limited edition, copy B of 26 signed and lettered by Cohen with an original painting by Soheyl Dahi, a close friend of Cohen and founder of Sore Dove Press. A further 100 numbered copies were also issued. The eponymous poem first appeared in Selected Poems 1956–1968 (1968), Cohen’s first book to be published after his debut as a recording artist in December of the previous year. Octavo (248 × 153 mm). Original black card covers, author’s name to front in silver, with single sheet letterpress poem (223 × 126 mm) and original painting by Soheyl Dahi (223 × 142 mm) tipped in. Housed in custom blue cloth chemise and slipcase. A fine copy. £2,250 [153614]
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40 CONRAD, Joseph. The Rescue. A Romance of the Shallows. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; J. M. Dent et Fils, Paris, 1920 First British trade edition of the last published novel in the Lingard trilogy. This work, which “proved so difficult that he took more than twenty years to complete [it]” ( ODNB ), follows Almayer’s Folly (1895) and An Outcast of the Islands (1896), though each successive title in the sequence is a prequel to the last. The novel was first published in book form in the US earlier the same year, following serialization in 1919–20. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blind rule and publisher’s device to front cover, bottom edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Binding square and firm, faint offsetting to front free endpaper, cloth and contents bright. A near-fine copy, in very good dust jacket, not price-clipped, spine panel toned, faint spotting and soiling, couple of nicks, else sharp. ¶ Cagle A49b(2); Keating 133; Wise 57; Wise, A Conrad Library , p. 38. £500 [127968]
All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk
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