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LOT 513

Lot 513

Four Books Relating to Sir Robert Borden, 1917-1929

Four Books Relating to Sir Robert Borden, 1917-1929
Lot 513 Details
Four Books Relating to Sir Robert Borden, 1917-1929

1) Viscount Grey of Fallodon, FALLODON PAPERS, Boston: Houghton MIfflin, 1926, inscribed to Bordon, with his bookplate
2) Sir Humphrey Sumner, Milford (ed.), PROBLEMS OF PEACE: THIRD SERIES, LECTURES DELIVERED AT THE GENEVA INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AUGUST 1928, London, Oxford University Press, 1929, with bookplate
3) Robert Laird Bordon, CANADIAN CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES: THE MARFLEET LECTURES, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1922, inscribed by Bordon 'Sir Campbell Stuart, with the complements of Sir Robert Borden'
4) Robert Laird Borden, THE WAR AND THE FUTURE, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1st edition, with presentation card inscribed 'with Sir Robert Borden's compliments'

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Estimate $200-$300

Realised: $282.90
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Sir Campbell Arthur Stuart (1885-1972) was a Canadian newspaper magnate who ran propaganda operations for the British during both world wars.

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