The Sword and the Olive: Recollections of Diplomacy and the ..., Timaru in Timaru, Canterbury for sale

Ex-libris Hardwicke Knight, with his bookplate on the front endpaper and blind name stamp on the title page. Some dampstains to front board and front panel of dustjacket. Large pieces missing from dustjacket, including loss of a few words from the tail of the blurb on the rear panel of the dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; [xii], 348 pages + frontispiece + 11 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. Blue cloth boards. Page dimensions: 215 x 137mm. Autobiography. Rendel had a long career in the British Foreign Service in the mid 20th century."He served on several special missions in America, Geneva, Rome, Vienna, and elsewhere, and, in the course of his duties, travelled across Arabia and through Central Africa and visited South-East Asia and South America. He was closely concerned with the reform of the Foreign Service in 1942 and with the creation of the International Refugee Organization in 1947"- from dustjacket blurb. [Seller ref: Knightcol]; 8vo
The Sword and the Olive: Recollections of Diplomacy and the Foreign Service 1913-1954 (George (Sir) Rendel)
Author
George (Sir) Rendel
Title
The Sword and the Olive: Recollections of Diplomacy and the Foreign Service 1913-1954
Publisher name
John Murray (1957), London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1957
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Very good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d