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GORE-BOOTH, PAUL With Great Truth and Respect. The Memoirs of Paul Gore-Booth
Constable and Company Limited. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0094591504) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Memoirs of the life and career of one of the greatest British diplomats of the Twentieth Century, who served as Ambassador to newly independent Burma and High Commissioner to India, before crowning his career as Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office in London. Details his boyhood and family background, including his near relatives, one of whom was Constance Gore-Boorth, the Irish nationalist. Also covers his period in Germany and Austra during the advent of Nazism and the move towards War, service in China and Japan, then in the United States during WW2, and the moves towards Indian Independence and his relationships with nationalist political leaders of India and Burma. Illustrated with b/w plates throughout, index. 440pp. Original dustjacket in loose protective and removable covers. Fine/Fine.
Offered for GBP 25.00 = appr. US$ 49.75 by: Addison Phillips - Book number: 001477