Edith Clara Summerskill (2 results)
Published by Heinemann 1957
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Condition: Good. 1957. First Published. 205 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate ed…gewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.
[Edith Summerskill, physician, feminist and Labour politician.] Autograph Note Signed ('Edith Summerskill.') to 'Sir Thomas', thanking him [for the Christmas present of a diary].
Edith Clara Summerskill (1901-1980), Baroness Summerskill (1901-1980), physician, feminist, Labour politician and writer, Minister of Insurance, 1950-1951; mother of Shirley Summerskill
Published by 22 December On letterhead of the Ministry of Food to which she was Parliamentary Secretary Montagu House Whitehall London S.W.1 1947
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2pp, 18mo. On aged paper, with short closed tear to one edge. He has evidently sent her a present of a diary, and she write that it was 'very sweet' of him to remember her over Christmas, adding: 'I shall use your diary every day during the coming year.' She ends with her best wishes of the season and coming year.
