LAPIE, Pierre-Olivier (1901-94). Certitudes Anglaises, Paris, 1938, wrappers. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "à Monsieur Anthony Eden, [illegible words] Ministre des Affaires [illegible words], hommage [illegible word], P. O. Lapie".

LAPIE, Pierre-Olivier (1901-94).  Préoccupations de Notre Temps. Certitudes Anglaises. Paris: Éditions Rieder, 1938. Small 4to (190 x 142mm). Half title (some light browning). Original blue and white wrappers lettered in black, unopened (some light staining). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the half title inscribed, "à Monsieur Anthony Eden, [illegible words] Ministre des Affaires Etrangère, hommage [illegible word], P. O. Lapie". The author was a French lawyer, politician, writer and freedom fighter who took part in the ill-fated Norwegian campaign in 1940 before joining Charles de Gaulle's "Free France" in London.