Later diplomatic service (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red boards with gilt titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. [vi] + 260 pp. First UK Edition 1979. Sir Bernard Ledwidge the author was an officer in the Indian Army in WWII and later a British Diplomat serving as Ambassador in Israel. The copy offered has the book plate of Cynthia and John Barnes to the front paste down- Sir John Barnes also served as British Ambassador in Israel. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- book plate as above with a few light pencil notes from a reading by John Barnes, top edge a little dust spotted. Dust Jacket- non price clipped cover- £5.50. No defects of any note to book or jacket).…

Condizione: Good. - A black-bordered, 2-3/4 inch high by 4-5/8 inch wide cover has been mounted on a slightly larger cream card. The cover is addressed in black ink in Raglan's hand and signed by him at bottom left: "Raglan". There is some staining below the stamp. Good. This front panel of an envelope is addressed by Raglan to Francis Cavendish at the Foreign Office in London.Richard Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan [1817-1884] was a British peer who began his career as Private Secretary to Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell in Ceylon. He subsequently joined the Ceylon civil service and then was assistant government agent of Colombo. He left the island in 1849 to become the private secretary of George V of Hanover, the last king of Hanover and the father of King George III of Britain. From 1858-59 and 1866-69 he was a Lord-in-Waiting [a member of the Royal Household].…