WELLS, Lionel de Lautour - WELLS, Ida Caroline.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

Lionel de L. Wells: Letters and Recollections. First and sole edition, one of 325 copies, presentation copy from Wells's widow, with an autograph letter signed, "To dear Lilian, with best love from, Ida, May 17th 1934", on the letterhead of Houghton Lodge, Stockbridge, Hampshire. Sir Lionel Wells (1859-1929) served for 30 years in the Royal Navy (1871-1901) and was Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade from 1896 to 1903.In late 1914 Wells was reappointed to the navy, serving firstly at Sunderland and then Thurso and Wick in Caithness, before being appointed King's Harbour Master at Mudros Bay, Gallipoli. Printed here is correspondence with such figures as Beatty, Jellicoe, Jackie Fisher, Haig, Baden-Powell, Lloyd George, Lord Northcliffe, and Franklin D. Roosevelt (as acting secretary of the US Navy). There is much detail on convoy operations, the Dardanelles and Gallipoli campaigns, and Jutland.

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.