Item #66313 A History of The British Army. Volumes 1 & 2, First Part to the Close of the Seven Years War. The Hon. J. W. FORTESCUE, Ian Fleming association / Bondiana.
A History of The British Army. Volumes 1 & 2, First Part to the Close of the Seven Years War.
A History of The British Army. Volumes 1 & 2, First Part to the Close of the Seven Years War.
A History of The British Army. Volumes 1 & 2, First Part to the Close of the Seven Years War.
A History of The British Army. Volumes 1 & 2, First Part to the Close of the Seven Years War.
A History of The British Army. Volumes 1 & 2, First Part to the Close of the Seven Years War.

A History of The British Army. Volumes 1 & 2, First Part to the Close of the Seven Years War.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1899. [History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes. Large octavo (22 x 15 x 9cm). Handsomely bound in deep red half morocco, gilt, with gilt initials 'C.V.C.' to front cover. Formerly the property of Cecile Victoria, Lady Cunliffe CBE (née Sackville-West), later ownership of Hilary Bray (dated 1956). With author's signed inscription to second blank; With the best wishes of the author / J. W. Fortescue [underlined] / 1900. Some foxing, bindings a little rubbed. An attractive, very good pair. Hilary Bray (died ca.1990), was a school friend, golfing partner and lifelong companion of writer Ian Fleming. His name, elevated to Sir Hilary Bray, Baronet, was used as an alias of James Bond in the novel On Her Majesty's secret Service (1963), which was also dedicated to him. The Honourable Lady Cunliffe (1865-1955), President of the Girls' Friendly Society, was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1920. Her niece, author Vita Sackville-West, was a Fleming family friend who contributed a poem to Ian Fleming's schoolboy publication 'The Wyvern' magazine (1925). Item #66313

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