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WWI bookplate of GERALD STEEL secretary to Winston Churchill 1st Lord Admiralty

$ 7.91

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • MPN: Does Not Apply
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  • Brand: Unbranded

    Description

    You are bidding on a book
    with the engraved armorial bookplate exlibris of
    Gerald Steel
    , with the Steel family motto:
    PRUDENTIA ET ANIMIS
    Gerald Steel (c1894-1957), was secretary to successive First Lords of the Admiralty,
    including Winston Churchill, and was general managing director of United Steel Companies,
    and was the father of Sir David Steel, chairman of British Petroleum.
    The book is
    THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE
    by George Bernard Shaw
    London: Constable, 1912,
    cloth hardcover, early reprint
    The book is in good or better condition
    Also on the endpaper is a signature:
    J. W. Jones, Nov. 11th, 1930