The siren years: A Canadian diplomat abroad, 1937-1945 Unknown - 1974

A lovely, collectible copy signed by the author on the title page and protected in an archival cover. Only flaw: spine of dj very lightly faded.

A lovely, collectible copy signed by the author on the title page and protected in an archival cover. Only flaw: spine of dj lightly faded.

Macmillan, 1974. Hardcover. Good/good. Ex-library copy.

MacMillan of Canada. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0770511929 . Signed by the author, to Bill Luxton, on the title page. Black Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. Very Good, the pages are tightly bound, clean & unmarked. Spine end and corner bumping. The DJ is Good fwith spine sunning and a small piece missing of off the spine end bottom. "Charles Ritchie, one of Canada's most distinguished diplomats, was a born diarist, a man whose daily record of his life is so well written that it leaps from the page. In wartime England, Ritchie, as Second Secretary at the Canadian High Commission, served as private secretary to Vincent Massey, whose second-in-command was Lester B. Pearson, future prime minister of Canada. In a perfect position to observe both statecraft and the London social whirl that continued even during the war, Ritchie provides a fascinating, perceptive, and (surprisingly) humorous picture of the London Blitz - the people in the parks, the… Leer más

Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1974. First Canadfian Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ritchie's diaries start in 1937 Washington and end in Ottawa in 1945. Book has usual library attachments and protected DJ is taped to book. Book is tight and square. Foreword. 209 pp. plus: Epilogue, Index. SIGNED by author in blue ink with an uphill slant. Bookseller's Inventory # 165331.