R A R E B O O K S A T C H R I S T M A S
SIGNED BY KENNEDY 67. KENNEDY, Robert F. TO SEEK A NEWER WORLD Doubleday, 1967. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in original photographic dustwrapper. Signed by the au- thor to the front free endpaper. Loose letter of deacces- sion from the University of Vermont libraries. Fore-edge untrimmed. A very good copy, with a library bookplate to the front pastedown and library stamp to the copy- right page, in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper, with general light wear. [46339] £1,250 This remains Kennedy’s personal testament, and is a call to arms against injustice, poverty, and violence. In it he calls for a reassessment of the national priorities and asks for a greater emphasis on social justice, peace and equality in America. The title is taken from Tennyson’s Ulysses, and the final line of the poem, “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield” encompasses Kennedy’s view that acceptance of the status quo need not be absolute.
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CHURCHILL, Win- ston LA CRISE MONDIALE [THE WORLD CRISIS] Tome II: 1915 Payot, 1928.
First French edition of the second part of The World Crisis. Original paper wrappers, printed in blue. Author’s presentation copy, inscribed to the half-title, “To Vice Admiral P. Guépratte K.C.B. from Winston S. Churchill 24 Sept. 1930”. Hinges rein- forced with tape and spine worn with splits to the base, a good only copy. [46557] £2,500 Emile-Paul-Aimable Guépratte was commander of the French fleet, which was sent to the Dardanelles to join the Anglo-French force com- manded by Admiral Sackville Carden in early 1915 as part of Church- ill’s ultimately decisive, but disastrously costly, attack on the Turkish forts. Guépratte led the forward squadron, which was effectively ambushed between a well prepared minefield and Turkish artillery, resulting
in an almost immediate loss of three ships and 600 lives. Although the mission was regarded as a disaster, Guépratte was lauded for his bravery and was awarded the Order of St George. Church- ill devotes a short chapter to the Dardanelles attack in this book, in which he refers to Guépratte’s gallantry.
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