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No End of a Lesson. The Story of Suez. London: 1967.
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SUEZ CRISIS – NUTTING, Anthony (1920-1999)
No End of a Lesson. The Story of Suez. London: 1967.
Proof copy of Nutting’s version of the events of the Suez Crisis, with extensive annotations by Anthony Eden. In 1954, as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Nutting had negotiated with President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt to withdraw British troops from Suez. With Nasser’s nationalisation of the Suez Canal in 1956, Nutting firmly supported Selwyn Lloyd's, the foreign secretary, negotiations with Egypt. However, the prime minister, Eden, was distrustful of this approach, and had secretly joined the French in a secret plot to invade Egypt in collusion with Israel.
Therefore, when the invasion plan was revealed to Nutting at a meeting on 14 October 1956, he believed it to be deceitful and duplicitous. On 31 October, Nutting resigned his post, but was unable to give the customary resignation speech in the House of Commons due to security reasons. His unexplained action meant he was sidelined from politics, and he retired from public life. His misgivings proved correct, but his resignation was seen as spiteful, and his publication of No End of a Lesson eleven years after the event led to calls for his prosecution for breaking the privy councillor's oath. Eden’s annotations in the book make clear his views on this latter point.
Octavo (214 x 140mm). Uncorrected proof copy. Publisher’s paper wrappers (creased and lightly soiled). Provenance: Anthony Eden (annotated throughout in pencil and ink). Sold with: FINER, Herman. Dulles Over Suez. Chicago: 1964. Octavo, illustrations, publisher’s cloth. Provenance: Anthony Eden (a few scattered pencil underlinings and marginalia in his hand); CURTEIS, Ian. Suez 1956. London: BBC Television Playscripts, 1979. Octavo, publisher’s wrappers. Provenance: Ian Curteis (playwright’s presentation inscription to:) – The Countess of Avon; CLEMENS, Diane Shaver. Yalta. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Advance proof, uncorrected. Tall octavo, publisher’s wrappers (perfect binding defective).
No End of a Lesson. The Story of Suez. London: 1967.
Proof copy of Nutting’s version of the events of the Suez Crisis, with extensive annotations by Anthony Eden. In 1954, as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Nutting had negotiated with President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt to withdraw British troops from Suez. With Nasser’s nationalisation of the Suez Canal in 1956, Nutting firmly supported Selwyn Lloyd's, the foreign secretary, negotiations with Egypt. However, the prime minister, Eden, was distrustful of this approach, and had secretly joined the French in a secret plot to invade Egypt in collusion with Israel.
Therefore, when the invasion plan was revealed to Nutting at a meeting on 14 October 1956, he believed it to be deceitful and duplicitous. On 31 October, Nutting resigned his post, but was unable to give the customary resignation speech in the House of Commons due to security reasons. His unexplained action meant he was sidelined from politics, and he retired from public life. His misgivings proved correct, but his resignation was seen as spiteful, and his publication of No End of a Lesson eleven years after the event led to calls for his prosecution for breaking the privy councillor's oath. Eden’s annotations in the book make clear his views on this latter point.
Octavo (214 x 140mm). Uncorrected proof copy. Publisher’s paper wrappers (creased and lightly soiled). Provenance: Anthony Eden (annotated throughout in pencil and ink). Sold with: FINER, Herman. Dulles Over Suez. Chicago: 1964. Octavo, illustrations, publisher’s cloth. Provenance: Anthony Eden (a few scattered pencil underlinings and marginalia in his hand); CURTEIS, Ian. Suez 1956. London: BBC Television Playscripts, 1979. Octavo, publisher’s wrappers. Provenance: Ian Curteis (playwright’s presentation inscription to:) – The Countess of Avon; CLEMENS, Diane Shaver. Yalta. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Advance proof, uncorrected. Tall octavo, publisher’s wrappers (perfect binding defective).
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