EUROPE: THE QUEST FOR UNITY; SPEECHES AND WRITINGS.

First Edition. Hardback. Large folio. Frontispiece etching by Pietro Annigoni. Publisher's press-mark on title page from an engraving by Reynolds Stone. One of 475 numbered copies, signed by the artist. Designed by Giovanni and Martino Mardersteig and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona in Bembo on Cartiere Magnani paper; the Annigoni frontispiece hand-printed at the Officina Bodoni. Fine copy in full tan leather lettered gilt at the spine and cover and in plain woven beige cloth slip-case. A collection of texts by leading figures of the European Movement, chronicling the foundation of the European Community and celebrating Great Britain's accession to it. Contributions (mostly from speeches, letters, articles and announcements) from Queen Elizabeth II, John F Kennedy, De Gaulle, Winston Churchill, Willy Brandt, Adenauer, Leon Blum, Jean Monnet, Pompidou, Salvador de Madariaga, Denis de Rougemont, Carlo Sforza etc.,The first publication of Ranelagh Editions. A handsome and lavish production; as new. ISBN 0904862003.…