HOLDEN, Anthony.

£250 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Of Presidents, Prime Ministers, & Princes. First edition, presentation copy to Peter Jay and his wife, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter & Emma, Anthony Holden, with apologies for pp. 168 & 303. As ever, Tony". Jay's booklabel is on the front free endpaper.The relevant pages are the chapters, "A letter to Peter Jay (on his Appointment as Ambassador to Washington)" and "Tales from the Washington Embassy: Peter Jay". Jay served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1977 to 1979. The book collects Holden's satirical columns in various national newspapers over the 1970s and early 1980s.

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