SETON HUTCHISON, Graham (1890-1946). Kitchener, London, 1944, small 4to, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 52 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed extensively by the author to Anthony Eden. RARE.

SETON HUTCHISON, Graham (1890-1946).  Kitchener. The Man ... With a foreword by Field-Marshall Lord Birdwood. [London: The Fanfare Press], 1943. Small 4to (205 x 158mm). Half title, half tone plates. Original russet buckram lettered in gilt (spine faded, some very light staining). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 52 OF 100 "SPECIAL BOUND" [sic] COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "To the Rt Hon Anthony Eden, who at the helm of the State Department of Foreign Affairs, weathering all storms, has guided the ship until at last she is within sight of good anchorage, this story of another man who well served his Country is respectfully committed as a slight signal of admiration by the Author, July 1944." RARE.