Oliver Lyttelton. First UK edition, first printing. London: Bodley Head, 1962. Dust jacket is price-clipped in Very Good condition, with chipping on spine and edges. Jacket design by Lacey Everett. Hardcover is in Very Good+ condition with former owner inscription on flyleaf. Otherwise, no writing or markings found in the book, 446 pp.
The Memoirs of Lord Chandos — Oliver Lyttelton
First Printing, Bodley Head, London, 1962
This is a first printing of The Memoirs of Lord Chandos, the autobiography of Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos (1893–1972), British businessman, statesman, and key figure in Winston Churchill’s wartime cabinet. Bound in Bodley Head’s elegant pea-green cloth with gilt lettering, this copy remains in VG+ hardcover condition, paired with its original clipped dust jacket (VG) — a collectible example of mid-20th-century political memoir publishing.
His memoirs provide a unique inside view of British wartime leadership, the Churchill government, and the postwar transition of Britain’s economy and politics — offering readers both personal recollections and historical insight.
