8vo. [xv] 430pp. Original publisher's bright turquoise cloth boards, spine stamped red and lettered in gilt. With the publisher's photographic dustwrapper, unclipped. Inscribed on the FFEP: 'Dearest Ashley, so appreciated by John, from Ava. December 1962'. Slight wear to corners and spine ends, wrapper scuffed with toning and a little surface loss to the spine panel. Internally bright, fresh and clean.

The first edition of the posthumous biography of John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882-1958), presented by his widow to British diplomat Sir Ashley Clarke. Waverley was a Scottish civil servant of the British Government, playing vital roles in both World Wars, and holding the role of Governor of Bengal for five years in the 1930s. Anderson Shelters were named after him - having initiated their development in 1938.