Description
First edition of The Man from Limehouse: Clement Richard Attlee, inscribed to Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio.
Octavo, 159pp. Red cloth, light wear to tips. Internally clean. Lacking the scarce dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: “To Robert A. Taft, Great American, with the author’s high esteem and cordial good wishes. Cyril Clemens / Christmas, 1947.”
Senator Robert A. Taft (1889 – 1953) served as a United States Senator representing Ohio from 1939 until his death. Known for his conservative stance, Taft was part of the influential Taft political family and was the elder son of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States. Taft sought the republican nomination for president in 1940, 1948 and 1952, eventually losing to General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
