Churchill (Winston S.); 'Great Contemporaries', Odhams Press...

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Churchill (Winston S.); 'Great Contemporaries', Odhams Press reprint, 1948, half red gilt tooled morocco, signed by the author 'Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill 1957', together with accompanying typed letter presentation dated 30th July 1957 'Dear Mr. Bennett, Mr Moir has told me of your most courteous action in connection with the advice which Mr. Hayworth Talbot is giving me. I hope that you will accept the enclosed copy of my book "Great Contemporaries" with my warm thanks.
Yours Sincerely'
Signed in black ink, the date number '30' in a blue ink, otherwise typed on '28, Hyde Park Gate' headed notepaper.
Provenance; Stanley Bennett was a Barristers Clerk at 11 New Square, Lincolns Inn, a Chambers that specialised in Tax and Financial Affairs, where Winston Churchill was a client, thence by family descent.