WHEELER-BENNETT, John (1902-75). The Nemesis of Power, London, 1956, large 8vo, original plum cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to Anthony Eden. With 4 other books by the same author, all PRESENTATION COPIES inscribed to Eden. (5)

WHEELER-BENNETT, John W. (1902-75).  The Nemesis of Power. The German Army in Politics 1918-1945. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1956. Large 8vo (118 x 148mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece and plates. Original plum cloth, spine lettered in gilt (without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the half title inscribed, "For Anthony Eden, in friendship and gratitude, John Wheeler-Bennett". With 4 other books by the same author, all PRESENTATION COPIES TO ANTHONY EDEN, namely King George VI. His Life and Reign (London, 1958, large 8vo, half tone frontispiece and plates, original plum cloth gilt, the half title inscribed, "For Anthony Eden, in sincere friendship, with warmest regards and all good wishes, John Wheeler-Bennett, April, 1960"), Wooden Titan. Hindenburg in Twenty Years of German History 1914-1934 (London, 1963 [reprint of the 1936 edition], 8vo, original cloth, inscribed, "For Anthony, with warm affection and sincerest admiration, Jack, July, 1964"), The Semblance of Peace (London, 1972, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, frayed, the front free endpaper inscribed, "To Anthony and Clarissa, [?]in most loving friendship and with my warmest affection and admiration, John", with pencil highlighting and some sparse annotation by Eden (on p.138, for example (on John J. McCloy): "He was very anti-British ...") and on p.171: "FDR was a Royalty snob")), and Knaves, Fools and Heroes. In Europe Between the Wars (London, 1974, 8vo, text lightly browned throughout, original cloth, the title inscribed, "For Anthony and Clarissa, with warmest affection, Jack, October 1974"). Provenance: Anthony Eden (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted in each book). (5)