Le Destin De Lord Thomson Of Cardington , suive de Smaranda par Le Brigadier-Général Lord Thomson of Cardington. Préface de James Ramsay Mac Donald, Premier Ministre d'Angleterre
by [MACDONALD, Ramsay] [CARDINGTON, Lord Thomson of] BIBESCO, Princesse [Marthe]
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Paris: Flammarion, 1932. 8vo, pp. 278. Original printed wrappers. Leading and lower edges uncut. Tear to front wrapper repaired with tape, some wear to foot of spine. Very good. First edition, one of 50 copies on papier alfa, of a total edition of 70 copies only. French text. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE: 'à la Comtesse Salles "in memoriam" avec l'espoir qu'elle gardera l'image de cet homme, comme celle d'une amitié par elle choisie. Marthe Bibesco.' Christopher, Lord Thomson, was the British military attaché charged with bringing Romania into the First World War alongside the Allies. Bibesco, a belle époque writer and socialite born into the Romanian royal family, met Thomson in 1915, and the two remained close until Thomson's death in the R101 airship disaster in 1930. This book was her tribute to him. Bibesco's high social connectedness is evident not just in her inscription in this copy, but also in the presence of the preface by Ramsay MacDonald, the first Labour Prime Minister, under whom Thomson served as Secretary of State for Air in 1924.
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- Le Destin De Lord Thomson Of Cardington , suive de Smaranda par Le Brigadier-Général Lord Thomson of Cardington. Préface de James Ramsay Mac Donald, Premier Ministre d'Angleterre
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- [MACDONALD, Ramsay] [CARDINGTON, Lord Thomson of] BIBESCO, Princesse [Marthe]
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- Paris: Flammarion, 1932
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