Lengthy autograph self-quotation, signed, from The Royal Runaway,

£115 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

About 120 words, including signature. The quotation wittily, contemptuously disparages ‚“your modern bureaucratic government,“ which does not represent the interests of ‚“the industrial electorate which it claims to speak for.“ In a related comment about written history, he observes: ‚“When all is said and done, it remains the most diverting piece of fiction of every age; and, read properly‚—upside-down and with care‚—instructive.“ Very good on large quarto wove watermarked paper.

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