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Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Royaume-Uni
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First edition, first impression, handsomely bound. One of Britain's richest women when she married Mountbatten in 1922, Edwina became a tireless advocate for Europe's wounded and displaced during the Second World war, and with her husband's appointment as last viceroy of India, formed a passionate love affair with Nehru. Morgan's biography draws on hundreds of letters between Nehru and Edwina. Octavo (225 x 151 mm). With 8 monochrome plates. Contemporary grey half morocco by Maltbys of Oxford, twin red morocco labels, gilt in compartments, grey cloth sides, light blue endpapers, top edge gilt; original dust jacket bound at rear. Bookplate of Greek shipping executive Michael Matantos to front pastedown. A fine copy. N° de réf. du vendeur 164524
Titre : Edwina Mountbatten. A Life of Her Own.
Éditeur : London: HarperCollins, 1991
Edition : Edition originale