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WWI bookplate of GERALD STEEL secretary to Winston Churchill 1st Lord Admiralty
$ 7.91
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You are bidding on a bookwith 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