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Clement Attlee
Ex Libris Clement Attlee.
Northern Ireland in the Second World War.
Belfast: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1956. [Second World War] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 569 [3]. With eight black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, as well as 12 folding maps. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With Attlee's distinctive bookplate..... More
Having the Last Word.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. [Etymology] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.132. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges; spine toned with some rubbing to cloth. Very good. The sixth in Brown's popular..... More
Say the Word.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. [Etymology] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.127 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown, and a blue ink gift inscription addressed to his wife to flyleaf: 'Violet H. Attlee |..... More
The Garter Town.
London: The Fortune Press, no date [1953]. [Topographical Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.64. With eight illustrations by Gurney. INSCRIBED in blue ink to fly-leaf: 'To the Rt Hon. C.R. attlee | with the author's compliments. | 2/1/54.' With Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate..... More
Boodle.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. [Short Stories] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, third printing. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.312. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and blind decoration to upper. Top edge orange; red endpapers. A new bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Toned to edges. Spine heavily rubbed..... More
The Bride Wore Black.
London: John Gifford, 1942. [Wartime Novel] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown, over a removed library bookplate. The blurb from the jacket flap pasted to fly-leaf. Both hinges repaired..... More
Seal Morning.
London: Hutchinson, June 1957. [Nature / Scotland] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. First edition, fifth impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.178 [2]. With frequent in-text illustrations by Sheppard. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Grey illustrated endpapers. With Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown, and a fresh bookplate..... More
The Right of the Child: A Chapter in Social History. With a Foreword by Countess Mountbatten of Burma and an Introduction by Captain L.H. Green.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1951. [Humanitarianism] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.159 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to V.H.A. (Violet Attlee) to fly-leaf. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. A new bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Spine sunned with..... More
A Commentary.
London: Duckworth & Co., 1910. [Short Stories] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, a later edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.264. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge blue, others untrimmed. An early iteration of Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Half-title and title page leaves heavily browned..... More
The Dark Flower.
London: William Heinemann, 1913. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[16] 302 [18]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges. Rubbing to cloth and toning to spine; lower joint starting. Good. From the library..... More
Flowering Wilderness.
London: William Heinemann, 1932. [Modern Literature] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, third printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 280. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge green. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges; the lightest of rubbing to cloth. Very good. The..... More
A Motley.
London: William Heinemann, 1910. [Short Stories and Essays] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, the third printing. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[12] 256. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge green; others untrimmed. An early iteration of Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Offsetting to endpapers..... More
On Forsyte 'Change.
London: William Heinemann, 1930. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[12] 292. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge green. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges. Some marks to boards; spine a little toned and rubbed..... More
The Patrician.
London: William Heinemann, 1911. [Literature] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, the second impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 339 [5]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. A label removed from just above. Light offsetting to endpapers; edges heavily toned with..... More
Plays: The Silver Box; Joy; Strife.
London: Duckworth and Co., 1909. [Drama] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, second printing. Octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.[8] 89 [1]; 94; 110 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. An early iteration of Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges. Spine heavily browned, with..... More
Harvest in the North.
London: J.L. Hodson, 1955. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED TO CLEMENT ATTLEE, ninth edition reprinted by the author. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.447 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'For the Rt. Hon. C.R. Attlee O.M., | with every good wish and | congratulations on his recovery..... More
Return to the Wood.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. [Great War Novel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'For the Rt Hon C.R. Attlee O.M. | with admiration for his | work for peace; and as | one soldier..... More
Spirit Lake.
Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1961. [American Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.957 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge red. Blue ink Christmas gift inscription from Attlee's daughter Janet (1923-2019) to fly-leaf: 'Mummy & Daddy |..... More
The Community of the Future.
London: Oxford University Press, 1950. [Law and Ethics] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[4] 828 [2]. With a frontispiece portrait of the author, and two double-sided black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to fly-leaf: 'To the..... More
Somewhere in Scotland: The Western Highlands in Pen and Picture.
London: Robert Hale, 1948. [Scottish Topography] INSCRIBED REVISED EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 234 [2]. With a high quality colour frontispiece after an oil painting by Mary Holden, and 54 black and white photographic illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'C.R...... More
Right Royal.
London: William Heinemann, 1920. [Horse Racing Poetry] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, the second printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 120. Publisher's green paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine and upper. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate, and a bookseller's label, to front pastedown. Offsetting to endpapers and toning to edges..... More
Citizen of Westminster.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1940. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.318 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. New bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Browning to edges. Spine heavily marked, and faded to grey. Very good. A novel set in..... More
Highlands and Backwoods: The Legend and the Hero. With a foreword by Chief Scout Lord Rowallan.
London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. [Pedagogy and Travel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.183 [1]. With seven half-tone plates, including a frontispiece, as well as a few in-text maps and illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'with the author's | every..... More
Battle for Egypt, The Summer of 1942. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45.
Wellington, NZ: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1955. [Second World War] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 400 [4]. With many maps, including six folding, as well as two suites of eight double-sided black and white photographic plates, and a frontispiece. Publisher's red..... More
Fame is the Spur.
London: Collins, 1940. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.679 [1]. Publisher's orange cloth. A new bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Faint pencil ownership of Attlee's second daughter, Felicity (1925-2007) to fly-leaf. An old repair to split upper hinge; toning and some marks..... More