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AMERICAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY

Lot 75
21.10.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 75 | AMERICAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY
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AMERICAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY

A quantity of books relating to 20th-century American politics and foreign policy.

A collection of books relating to American politics and foreign policy, all but one with presentation inscriptions to the Edens, some with very warm and affectionate sentiments. These reveal that Dean Acheson, 51st U.S. Secretary of State, responsible for establishing the foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration from 1949 to 1953, particularly in relation to the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and NATO, seems to have had warm relations with Anthony Eden. Similarly, Averell Harriman, responsible for negotiating the US Lend-Lease agreements with the Allies during the Second World War, appears to have had a warm regard for Eden.



15 volumes, mostly octavo, all bound in publisher’s cloth (extremities lightly rubbed), comprising: WINANT, John Gilbert (1889-1947). Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Memorial Address. Washington DC: 1948. Provenance: Anthony Eden (ownership inscription). [With:] STEVENSON II, Adlai Ewing (1900-1965). The Stark Reality of Responsibility. Chicago: 1952. Quarto. Provenance: Adlai Stevenson II (authorial presentation inscription dated 29 October 1952 ‘Courtesy of Rex and Leslie Benson,’ to:) – Anthony Eden. [With:] HALLE, Louis Joseph, Jr (1910-1998). Civilization and Foreign Policy. An Inquiry for Americans … with an introduction by Dean Acheson. New York: 1955. Provenance: Dean Acheson (presentation inscription dated January 1955 ‘This book will bring you in addition to my affectionate greetings some interesting hours,’ to:) – Anthony Eden. [With:] ACHESON, Dean Gooderham (1893-1971). Morning and Noon. Boston: 1965. Second printing. Provenance: Dean Acheson (authorial presentation inscription, to:) – Anthony Eden. [With:] – Present at the Creation. My years in the State Department. New York: 1961. Provenance: Dean Acheson (authorial presentation inscription, to:) – Anthony and Clarissa Eden. [With:] HARRIMAN, Averell (1891-1986). Peace With Russia? New York: 1959. Provenance: Averell Harriman (authorial presentation inscription ‘with vivid memories of former trips to Moscow with you,’ to:) – Anthony Eden. [With:] – America and Russia in a changing world. A half century of personal observation. New York: 1971. Provenance: Averell Harriman (authorial presentation inscription dated December 1970, to:) – Anthony Eden. [With:] – Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin 1941-1946. New York: 1975. Two copies. Provenance: 1. Averell Harriman (authorial presentation inscription dated 2 October 1975, to:) – Anthony Eden; 2. Averell Harriman (authorial presentation inscription dated 22 March 1976, to:) – The Countess of Avon. [With:] CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Memorial Addresses … and Tributes in Eulogy of Sir Winston Churchill. Washington DC: 1965. Provenance: John James Flynt Jr (1914-2007, American Democratic Party politician; typed letter signed and presentation inscription, to:) – Anthony Eden. [And:] MIDDLETON, Drew. America’s Stake in Asia. Philadelphia: 1968. Provenance: Drew Middleton (authorial presentation inscription to:) – Anthony Eden.





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