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MENCKEN, H.L. Dictionary of Quotations. London: Collins, 1982. 4°. Original black cloth, dust-jacket (jacket frayed). Provenance: association copy, given to the Prime Minister by her four private secretaries, Robin Butler, Tim Flesher, Willie Rickett and Michael Scholar, 10 Downing St., Christmas 1982 (inscription and signatures of the four on front free endpaper).
MENCKEN, H.L. Dictionary of Quotations. London: Collins, 1982. 4°. Original black cloth, dust-jacket (jacket frayed). Provenance: association copy, given to the Prime Minister by her four private secretaries, Robin Butler, Tim Flesher, Willie Rickett and Michael Scholar, 10 Downing St., Christmas 1982 (inscription and signatures of the four on front free endpaper).
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MENCKEN, H.L. Dictionary of Quotations. London: Collins, 1982. 4°. Original black cloth, dust-jacket (jacket frayed). Provenance: association copy, given to the Prime Minister by her four private secretaries, Robin Butler, Tim Flesher, Willie Rickett and Michael Scholar, 10 Downing St., Christmas 1982 (inscription and signatures of the four on front free endpaper).

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MENCKEN, H.L. Dictionary of Quotations. London: Collins, 1982. 4°. Original black cloth, dust-jacket (jacket frayed). Provenance: association copy, given to the Prime Minister by her four private secretaries, Robin Butler, Tim Flesher, Willie Rickett and Michael Scholar, 10 Downing St., Christmas 1982 (inscription and signatures of the four on front free endpaper).

ASSOCIATION COPY with occasional underlining or scoring of quotations in blue ink by Margaret Thatcher, and with some chosen quotations in her hand on three blank pages at end. First published in 1942.

ANDERSON, Peggy (compiler). Great Quotes from Great Leaders. [Lombard, Illinois: 1990]. 4°. Portraits by Michael McKee. Original imitation leather, gilt edges. Provenance: Margaret Thatcher's copy with scoring and underlining in blue ink.
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