Description
First edition of Days for Decision by Anthony Eden.
Octavo, xiv, 239pp, [3]. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First published in mcmxlix” on copyright page. Light foxing along top edge of text block. Bumped lower corner. In the publisher’s dust jacket, retail price on front flap, light soiling to covers, two closed tears, a very good example.
Signed on the front free endpaper: “Anthony Eden / December 1949.”
Anthony Eden (1897-1977) served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1955-1957, following the resignation of Winston Churchill. His short tenure as Prime Minister was overshadowed by the Suez Crisis, where he was unable to gain the support of the United States for his Anglo-French military response to the situation. He resigned shortly thereafter due to health reasons. During his lifetime he was a prolific author, writing Days for Decision in 1949, The Eden Memoirs: Full Circle (1960), The Eden Memoirs: Facing the Dictators (1962), The Eden Memoirs: The Reckoning (1965), and finally Another World 1897-1917.
