Search Results: Titles starting with R from Coconut Rose Rare Books and Manuscripts

Quebec, Canada, 1942. Near fine. 12 x 9 inches. Folio. 9 sepia illustrations throughout including map of New France, foreword by Major-General, The Honourable Sir Eugene Fiset, bibliography; original brown printed cloth over boards with spine crease, minor soiling to front cover, edgewear. Unusually copy signed on front free endpaper by historically significant group of seven British and American staff present at First Quebec Conference codenamed “Quadrant” (August 1943), a highly secret military conference attended by Churchill and Roosevelt to discuss issues concerning World War II including the atomic bomb and invasion of France. All seven signatures are bold in blue and black fountain pen inks; three add ranks below signature. The head of the endpaper is dated August 1943 in an unidentified hand; front pastedown signed by D. Roberts. Signatures include: Guy Gibson (1918-1944), the World War II British Airman made the most highly decorated serviceman in the country by Queen Victoria for… Read More