The Abdication of King Edward VIII.
Beaverbrook, Lord; Taylor, A.J.P (edited/introduction by).
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Atheneum,
Date Published: 1966.
Description: FIRST EDITION. 122 pages plus 27 pages black and white photos. The book is VERY GOOD condition with lightly bumped bottom corners browning on front and back fly pages--spine slightly cocked. The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with minor shelfwear/edge wear, small closed tear (1/8") on topfront edge. Book comes with BRODART jacket cover. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor...and other curious people. -------------------- Dust jacket reads: When Lord Beaverbrook's papers were being examined after his death, a surprising discovery was made. Among his documents was the manuscript of a book. Even his close associates were unaware of its existence. Its subject was the Abdication and Lord Beaverbrook completed it in 1958. Then he laid the book aside and never returned to it. It contains a full narrative of his own part in the King's Affair. Not only, as AJP Taylor remarks, is it Beaverbrook at his most sparkling; it also provides new information. At last it becomes clear why the King, after Beaverbrook and others warned him against it, persisted in the idea of a morganatic marriage. It also provides a vivid, day-by-day record of the crisis as Beaverbrook saw it unfold around him and includes a number of scathing attacks on Baldwin and others whom the writer regarded as the King's foes. Yet Lord Beaverbrook's principal motive was, as Mr. Taylor, sees it, 'one rarely credited to him, yet perhaps the strongest in his life. It was charity, the desire to help a human being in distress, particularly a human being harassed by the established order. Beaverbrook has been well called "a foul-weather friend"; never more so than with King Edward VIII during this crisis. THIS BOOK IS A MUST FOR THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR COLLECTION.
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good in Near Fine dj
Book Id: 13339
Price: $25.00
