Lot 630
Four Books Presented to Vincent and/or Alice Massey, early 20th century
Lot 630 Details
Four Books Presented to Vincent and/or Alice Massey, early 20th century
Alan Paton, CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY, New York: Scribner’s and Sons, 1948, first edition, inscribed “Love from the Salters Hickory Farm Lee Mass.”, Hickory Farm was owned by Lady and Lord Salter. James Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter (1881-1975) was a British civil servant, politician, and an academic who was involved in many efforts of international economic co-operation, often in conjunction with France's Jean Monnet.
John Brainerd Capper., TWENTY FIVE TRIFLES IN VERSE, London: Chatto and Windus, 1918, inscribed “Alice with my love J.B.C. April, 1918” with bookplate
C.H. Bretherton., MIDAS; OR THE UNITED STATES AND THE FUTURE, London: Kegan Paul, 1926, inscribed “Vincent from William, Christmas 1926, Indispensable to any American Legation.”, William Phillips (1878-1968), career Foreign Service Officer and envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Canada), appointed February 27, 1927.
Herbert Baker, CECIL RHODES, London: Oxford University Press, 1934, with pastedown label: “with the Author’s compliments.”
various sizes
Estimate $150-$250
