SCHMIDT, Paul-Otto (1899-1970). Hitler's Interpreter, London, 1951, 8vo, half tone illustrations, original buckram. FIRST ENGLISH ABRIDGED EDITION, A HIGHLY IMPORTANT COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.SCHMIDT, Paul-Otto (1899-1970). Hitler's Interpreter ... Edited by R. H. C. Steed. London: William Heinemann, 1951. 8vo (213 x 135mm). Half title, half tone portrait frontispiece of the author, 10 full-page half tone illustrations. Original red buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt (gilt faded, corners lightly rubbed, some very light staining, without the dust-jacket). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST ENGLISH AND ABRIDGED EDITION, A HIGHLY IMPORTANT COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. For example, the front free endpaper is inscribed by Eden in pencil: "Sent to me by Schmidt. A.E." (although the author has not signed or inscribed the copy); on p.24 (commenting on the printed passage 'At noon [?on March 26, 1935] there were refreshments at the British Embassy at which Hitler made an appearance; this was the first time that he had been seen at a foreign embassy'), Eden writes: "No - two years earlier where he met me"; on p.86 (referring to Sir Nevile Henderson, British Ambassador to Germany from 1937-39): "& yet he was pathetically pro-German"; on p.57 (commenting on the printed passage 'Lloyd George took this opportunity of expressing himself very definitely, if in quite general terms, about the German peace efforts, "which," he said, "have unfortunately been frustrated by the staff talks"'): "he was against them"; on p.88 (the context unclear): "Strange. The [?]Govt. thought they had had a success"; on p.107 (commenting on the printed line 'It was at this moment that the decision in favour of peace was made'): "Hitler had won"; on p.131 (commenting on the printed passage 'Throughout the summer [of 1939] tension in Europe increased daily. Preparations for war were put in hand more or less openly in every country; menaces, warnings, and challenges filled the ether and the columns of the Press'): "Yet [Sir John] Simon persuaded the Cabinet to lay down no [?]destroyers. What did that cost in lives?"; on p.150 (commenting on the printed passage 'In this critical discussion [Sir Nevile Henderson] would have been able to express himself with more clarity and ease in English'): "Foolish"; on p.235 (commenting on the printed line referring to 'the Pact concluded by Soviet Russia with Yugoslavia just before the outbreak of war with that country and Germany'): "It always puzzled me why Stalin did this. I asked him and he replied that they felt sympathy with Yugo & that they knew by then that they would be attacked anyway. The coup d' etat we organised in Belgrade may therefore have helped the German Russian breech"; and on p.237 (commenting on Pearl Harbour and Germany's declaration of war on the United States): "It was a turning point of the war because it made possible a U.S. western strategy." The rear endpapers are filled with Eden's pencil notes referring to various pages in the book, and, occasionally, with his commentary on them [see illustration]; for example: "Page 64. Proof once again of what I told Neville: that Mussolini had already done a deal with Hitler - March 1937 - I put it later. P.211. Date of Hitler's decision to attack Russia ... Page 237. Astonishing that Germans did not know in advance of Pearl Harbour ... Page 265. Morgenthau Plan at Quebec, which I [?]opposed on my arrival before [Cordell] Hull came & to W's [Winston's] exasperation." Schmidt opens his book with the printed sentence: "The first time I interpreted for Hitler was on March 25, 1935, when Sir John Simon and Mr Anthony Eden came to Berlin for talks on the European crisis caused by German re-armament." On pp.18-19, he goes on to give a more detailed printed account of the first meeting of Simon (then British Foreign Minister) and Eden (then Lord Privy Seal) with Hitler in the Reich's Chancellery: "Simon, with his large brown eyes, looked at Hitler with by no means unsympathetic interest as he listened to him. His face naturally expressed a certain paternal benevolence ... On the other hand, I occasionally noticed a rather more sceptical expression flit over the face of Eden, who understood enough German to be able to follow Hitler more or less. Some of Eden's questions and observations showed he had considerable doubts about Hitler and what he was saying. 'There are actually no indications,' he once observed, 'that the Russians have any aggressive plans against Germany.' And in a slightly sarcastic tone he asked: 'On what are your fears actually based?' 'I have rather more experience in these matters than is general in England,' Hitler parried, and added heatedly, throwing out his chin: 'I began my political career just when the Bolshevists were launching their first attack in Germany.' Then he went off again into a monologue on Bolshevists individually and in general which, with translation, lasted until lunch." The editor R. H. C. Steed's printed preface to the book provides an assessment of its author's character and motivations: "... Schmidt saw ... that between hommes de bonne volonté, men of good will, regardless of nationality, even the greatest difficulties could be overcome. Twenty years of unique experience of diplomacy in its most intimate top-level aspect confirmed this opinion, and added to it the conviction that 'the real enemies of mankind are the fanatics, in whatever camp they may be'. Schmidt is at pains to make it clear that he places the Nazis in that category - especially Hitler and Ribbentrop. He is damning and often contemptuous in his judgments of the men for whom he worked so loyally and for so long - and has been criticised on that account. He claims that he was never a Nazi sympathiser, that he merely did his job as a civil servant and expert technician, that he made no secret of his independent outlook and that this was duly noticed against him in his dossier. This account of himself seems to be borne out by the impression he made, among others, on Sir Nevile Henderson, British Ambassador in Berlin until the outbreak of war. He certainly showed considerable courage of a negative kind in that, despite his very special position, he resisted pressure to join the Nazi Party until 1943 ... I think Schmidt might fairly be described as an enlightened, cosmopolitanised German nationalist, and find it a little hard on him that we have to hand him down to posterity as 'Hitler's Interpreter' and not, perhaps more aptly, as 'Stresemann's Interpreter' - a title to which he has at least an equal claim."
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CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The World Crisis, London, 1923-31, 6 vols., large 8vo, plates, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, VOLUMES ONE AND V ANNOTATED, HIGHLIGHTED AND WITH PASSAGES UNDERLINED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. (6)CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1923-31. 5 parts bound in 6 [as usual], large 8vo (233 x 155mm). Half titles, plates and maps, some folding and printed in colours, errata or erratum slips before "Contents" and at p.339 in vol. one, at p.52 in vol. III and at the half title of vol. IV, tables (dedication leaf in vol. III torn without loss). Original dark blue cloth, the upper covers lettered in blind, the spines lettered in gilt (some very faint white staining, the spine of vol. V with some minor wrinkling, short closed tear to head of spine of vol. VI, extremities lightly rubbed, lacking dust jackets). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (old armorial bookplates in vols. one and V); Sir Gervase Beckett, Baronet (armorial bookplates in the other 4 vols. - Anthony Eden was one of Beckett's executors). FIRST EDITIONS, except for vol. V which is a second impression. In this set, of what is a notoriously complicated work bibliographically, the title pages read as follows: vol. one: "The World Crisis 1911-1914", dated on the verso of the title April 1923 [but with no volume asterisk on the spine]; vol. II: "The World Crisis 1915", undated, but the preface dated August 13, 1923; vol. III: "The World Crisis 1916-1918 Part I", dated on the verso of the title 1927; vol. IV: "The World Crisis 1916-1918 Part II", dated on the verso of the title 1927 [with pagination running on from the previous vol.]; vol. V: "The World Crisis. The Aftermath", dated on the verso of the title "First published ... March, 1929. Second impression March, 1929"; and vol. VI: "The World Crisis. The Eastern Front", dated on the verso of the title 1931. A HIGHLY IMPORTANT SET. VOLUMES ONE AND V ANNOTATED, HIGHLIGHTED AND WITH PASSAGES UNDERLINED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. For example, in volume one, on p.204 (commenting on the printed passage '... I am certain that if Sir Edward Grey had sent the kind of ultimatum suggested [i.e. that if Germany attacked France or Belgium, England would declare war upon her], the Cabinet would have broken up, and it is also my belief that up till Wednesday or Thursday at least, the House of Commons would have repudiated his action'), Eden writes: "In other words Cabinet was too 'soft'"; on p.265 (commenting on the printed passage 'At any rate, that is the sort of way in which I thought then, before the event, and think still, the French command might best have safeguarded the vital interests of France'): "This sounds [illegible words] much too vague ... I do not think Winston can [?]teach French generals this ... This friendship throughout the war was infinitely superior to ours and W. was not even a British soldier. Our staff - work was more thorough"; on p.266 (commenting on 'Plan XVII'): "This is neither true nor fair criticism"; on p.269 (commenting on the printed passage 'Someone suggested we should at any rate make sure of the Cotentin peninsula ... from which the British armies of the future might proceed to the rescue of France'): "You would have done better to do as you were told!"; on p.270 (commenting on a quote from Asquith's [?]telegram to the Commander-in-Chief Grand Fleet which stated on August 24th 1914, 'We have not entered the business [i.e. of going to war] without resolve to see it through and you may be assured that our action will be proportioned to the gravity of the need'): "Gas bag!"; on p.274 (commenting on the footnote 'In fact, however, it was the 1st Middlesex ... who captured the guns at Néry'): "Not the first time, or the last, that the Guards obtained the credit for the deeds of other and better soldiers"; on p.282 (commenting on the printed passage '... I consider now that this prudent withholding from the Army in the field in the face of every appeal and demand, the key-men who alone could make the new armies, was the greatest of the services which Lord Kitchener rendered to the nation at this time, and it was a service which no one of lesser authority than he could have performed'): "In other words we should not [underlined] have won the war without K. [i.e. Kitchener]"; in volume V, on p.23 (commenting, in blue pencil, on a passage which quotes Lloyd George, 'But after all, life is a brief span, and all that matters is not to fall below the level of events upon the greatest occasions'): "W's favourite motto"; on p.113 (commenting on the printed passage 'Mr Lloyd George said that "Great Britain would spend her last guinea to keep her navy superior to that of the United States or any other Power ..."'): "and today!"; on p.261 (commenting on refugees fleeing Crimea for Constantinople): "I saw this - indescribable. Selling stamps in the street, waiting in cafes, their uniforms were magnificent, their plight pitiable"; on p.287 (commenting on the printed passage 'A certain number of high Tories, while rigidly opposing any effective concession to Irish Nationalist demands, were still more violent in their denunciations of the Black and Tans'): "Bob C. as usual" [possibly referring to Robert Lindsay Crawford]; on p.290 a largely illegible note regarding a passage concerning Lloyd George's personal safety; on p.296 (commenting on Gladstone's views on Irish home rule): "[? illegible initials, but possibly] O.W.J. wanted a majority. He never thought of Home Rule until then - any more than [illegible name] did"; on p.307 (commenting on the printed passage 'Yet in so far as Mr Lloyd George can link his political misfortunes with this Irish story ...'): "not very far"; on p.320 Eden has boldly underlined and highlighted the following printed passage (tellingly, with hindsight): 'The general opinion was well expressed by Mr Neville Chamberlain:- "I, for one, am not going to be exasperated by outrages into changing my opinion as to the proper course to pursue. I consider in these difficult times that our business is to keep our heads, not to allow ourselves to be flustered into courses we may regret hereafter ..."'; on p.354 (commenting on the passage 'What was to happen to scandalous, crumbling, decrepit and penniless Turkey in this earthquake?'): "Hardly? It was our diplomacy and that of the French that failed. The Russians always aimed at [?]bringing Turkey into the war against us, for Constantinople was their chief war objective, as always"; on p.358 (commenting on the printed passage 'The rage and disappointment excited thereby throughout Turkey was said to have turned the scale and provoked Turkey into war against us'): "What effect had this on driving Turkey into the war against us? That it created profound feeling amongst all Turks who had [?]subscribed their [?]force, I know"; on p.359 (commenting on the printed passage 'I can recall no great sphere of policy about which the British Government was less completely informed than the Turkish'): "but the Russians knew it & bluffed us"; on p.369 (commenting on the printed passage 'I cannot understand to this day how the eminent statesmen in Paris ... could have been betrayed into so rash and fatal a step'): "Except that both Wilson & [?]L. G. [?Lloyd George] were [?]equally [?]ignorant & Clemenceau indifferent on most [?]aspects"; on p.370 (of Damat Ferid Pasha): "charming old man & probably scholar & gentleman. Very ill when I was at C"; on p.373 (commenting on the printed passage 'On the main issue of Constantinople Mr Lloyd George was whole-heartedly with lord Curzon'): "I thought dragging Curzon with him?"; on p.394 (commenting on a printed passage which transcribes a letter from Churchill to Lloyd George on Greece and Turkey): "All this would carry greater conviction [?]if [?]one [?]was not aware that Winston...
BRYANT, Arthur (1899-1985). The Turn of the Tide 1939-1943, London, 1957, 8vo, original black buckram. FIRST EDITION, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. With another book by Bryant. (2)BRYANT, Arthur Wynne Morgan (1899-1985). The Turn of the Tide 1939-1943. A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. London: Collins, April 1957. 8vo (208 x 132mm). Half title, half tone portrait frontispiece of Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke, maps, 2 full-page. Original black buckram, spine lettered in gilt (some faint white staining, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION, third impression. ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED MAINLY IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. For example, on p.48 (commenting on the printed passage 'Not until the anxious summer of 1938 ... had the possibility of sending two of its five divisions to the Continent in the event of a German war been considered'), Eden writes: "I raised [the] matter several times while still in Govt."; on p.53 (commenting on the printed passage 'Those at home were thinking in terms, not of the swift mechanised and air warfare of the mid-twentieth century, but of the huge troglodyte armies and continuous trench-lines of twenty years before): "Were they? I was clamouring [?in] cabinet for armour"; on p.78 (commenting on Giffard Le Quesne Martel, Commander of the 50th Northumbria Division): "Very much a Winston man. Winston was always pushing him"; on p.83 (commenting on the printed passage 'Despite repeated requests for it Britain's only armoured division was still at home awaiting its long-promised equipment'): "I used to ask about it at Cabinet after Cabinet. Minutes may show this. Winston would remember; he recalled the matter to me"; on p.169 (commenting on the 'Inter-Allied plan to hold Brittany'): "De Gaulle advocated this plan. I had never understood [sic] it was approved. [Maxime] Weygand & [Alphonse Joseph] Georges were there"; on p.192 (on the formation of 'The Home Guard'): "In fact W. [Winston] had nothing whatever to do with raising of Home Guard. The plans had been made before I reached [the] W.O. I decided to make the broadcast myself & did so. W. did not [illegible word] with this matter at all until later & then [illegible word] about the name"; on p.308 (on Admiral Dudley Pound): "Splendid old boy. W. went wrong when he did not heed him - e.g. [illegible word]"; and with heavy annotation to rear endpapers, some possibly in preparation for a speech ("Tell the story of the mistaken message for invasion of Britain ...") ; and with an autograph note loosely-inserted, with one partly indecipherable note written (unusually) in ink: "Resignation speech care about Spain & not affording [?]cover to double crossing." [sic]. With the same author's Triumph in the West 1943-1946. Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke (London, 1950, original red buckram, FIRST EDITION, without any annotation or highlighting, but with a loosely-inserted note with Eden's pencil annotation). (2)
Barock-Tabernakelaufsatz mit Stollen Nussbaum, furniert sowie Einlagen aus unterschiedlichen Edelhölzern. Gerader, querrechteckig angelegter Korpus mit geschweift ansteigendem, einschübigem oberen Abschluss. In der gegliederten Front sechs stark ausgebogte Schubladen sowie zentrale, leicht konkav eingezogene Tabernakeltür. In der Mitte große Reserve mit intarsierter Ideallandschaft. Flächendeckend breit gerahmte Furnierfelder, von Bandeinlagen begrenzt. Unterhalb erg. Gestell aus gedrehten Vollsäulen, durch breite Stege verbunden. Ges.-H. 161 cm. 112 cm x 61 cm.A German walnut veneered Baroque cabinet. Basement later.Deutsch. 18. Jh.
Late 19th Century French Kingwood Vitrine Signed Gradé Jr, Rue De La Paix 23, Paris Late 19th century French kingwood and silvered metal mounted vitrine display cabinet, the brass lockplate engraved 'Gradé Jr Rue De La Paix 23 Paris', rectangular red marble top over two glazed doors with stained kingwood marquetry opening to reveal three adjustable shelves, canted corners, raised on bracket feet80cm wide, 37cm deep, 142cm high
Edwardian Sheraton Revival Display Cabinet Edwardian satinwood and rosewood cross-banded Sheraton revival display cabinet, rectangular top over a floral marquetry frieze to the front and both sides, twin astragal glazed doors enclosing two adjustable shelves, raised on four tapering square-section supports
19th Century Mahogany Secretaire Chiffonier Mid 19th century mahogany secretaire chiffonier or side cabinet, shaped back over a single shelf on carved scrolling supports above four figured mahogany short drawers with turned handles, fall front enclosing four drawers with bone handles over four pigeon holes and a gilt tooled leather inset writing surface, two fabric backed brass grill cupboard doors flanked by carved columns raised on turned feet88cm wide, 44cm deep, 139cm highSome losses to the veneer, left side stringing is missing and loose to the left side of the front (photographed). Damage around the lock on the cupboard doors. Leather in good condition, drop down mechanism fully operational, nice consistent colour throughout. Comes with two keys.
Edwardian Mahogany Display Cabinet Edwardian mahogany display cabinet on stand, the top section with a moulded cornice above two astragal glazed doors, enclosing a lined interior with two fixed shelves, lower section bow-fronted with a moulded edge over two long drawers with brass handles, all standing on tapering square section legs with spade feet, the whole piece having satinwood cross-banding and ebonised stringing throughout.91cm wide, 47.5cm deep, 190cm highBack with wiring for lit interior, not tested. Splits into two sections.
Edwardian Mahogany Bijouterie Table Edwardian mahogany and satinwood crossbanded bijouterie table or cabinet, rectangular beveled glass top with hinged lid enclosing a cream lined interior raised on four tapering square section legs united by a raised undertier shelf, with key56cm wide, 34cm deep, 60cm highSolid construction, no movement in the joints. No cracks or chips on the glass, there are some scratches however to the top and sides but nothing substantial.
Edwardian Mahogany Art Nouveau Style Sideboard Edwardian mahogany art nouveau style sideboard, moulded cornice over a large central mirror flanked by a pair of smaller mirrors each with a single shelf below on turned column supports, breakfront base with central glazed and mirrored back display cabinet with two cupboards to either side, raised on both turned and cabriole legs137cm wide, 45cm deep, 213cm highCrack to the top on left side, locks are provided but need attatching
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH 'FLAME' MAHOGANY PIER CABINET with grey marble slab to top, single drawer, cupboard under fitted two shelves, on block feet, 130cm high x 72cm wide x 43cm deepProvenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, thence by descent.
An Edwardian walnut display cabinet, the glazed hinged top over a glazed front panel enclosing a green fabric lined base, the lower section with two glazed fabric backed cupboard doors enclosing shelves raised on a plinth base, ivorine label to the reverse 'MANUFACTURED BY JAMES PARKINSON 34 CLARENCE STREET LIVERPOOL'91 x 116 x 58cmProvenance: From the estate of the late Barry Lock (1934-2021)
Royal Crown Derby animal paperweight modelled as an owl, gold coloured stopper to underside, approximately 10cm high, a Royal Crown Derby porcelain cabinet plate, in pale green and gilt on a white ground, with cobalt blue border, 22.5cm diameter, and a Royal Crown Derby Imari side plate, 15.5cm diameter. (3)
Porcelain cabinet coffee cans with saucers to include an example by Cauldon with scroll silver liner, also Wedgwood, Royal Worcester, Aynsley, Coalport, Paragon, Copeland and Japanese example, a Meissen style continental coffee cup decorated with pictorial scene, and two Japanese tea cups with saucers. (25)
20th century Chinese Mah-Jong set, the bone tiled pieces contained in a five drawer teak cabinet with mother-of-pearl decoration, and brass mounts and handles, 17cm high. 146 tiles in total with aged related staining to each. Lacking brass mount to front panel. Pieces of wood broken off drawers. Detachable front panel's section loose. Splits, stains and losses to mother of pearl.
A Victorian mahogany purdonium coal scuttle cabinet with carved floral design to doors. Pull-down scuttle door with carved detail and brass handle, complete with metal coal liner. Small lockable 2 door cupboard with shaped top and plinth with carved detail. No key. Total height approx. 96cm, width 39cm.
A late 19th century French Louis XVI style mahogany and gilt metal mounted library bookcase by Edmond Poteau, the glazed cabinet enclosing three glass shelves, the base fitted with six oak-lined drawers above a pair of tambour shutter doors, bearing inset maker's plaque to drawer, height 214cm, width 110cm, depth 42cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
An early 20th century French burr walnut marble-topped bedside cabinet with gilt metal mounts, height 83cm, width 47cm, depth 37cm, together with a pair of matching bedroom chairs.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
An Art Deco walnut drinks cabinet of angular design, the mirrored interior fitted with three glass shelves, height 162cm, width 106cm, depth 46cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A late George III mahogany bowfront floor standing corner cabinet, the astragal glazed doors above three drawers and a tambour shutter, height 221cm, width 108cm, depth 75cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A modern George III style mahogany bookcase cabinet by Arthur Brett, with overall satinwood crossbanding, height 226cm, width 114cm, depth 48cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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