Jubilee.

WALKER, Margaret (1915-1998).

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966. [Historical Fiction] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. First edition, third printing. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[14] 497 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine and upper, maps to endpapers. Blue ink gift inscription from Attlee's daughter Janet (1923-2019) to half-title: 'Daddy | with love from | Janet & Shippy | Dec 1966.' A new bookplate detailing provenance to verso of flyleaf. Spine sunned and marked. Very good. A novel set during the American Civil War, based on the experiences of the author's great-grandmother, a mixed-race slave from Georgia. Item #56519

From the library of Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1945-1951), and his wife Violet.

Price: £95.00