CHIPS. The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon by Channon, Henry [Edited by Robert Rhodes James] - 1967

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1967. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket. DJ is price-clipped, has a scratch to rear panel and a small closed tear to bottom for from panel & is now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owners stamp to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. An nice copy of this uncommon title. 496 pages Sir Henry "Chips" Channon was an American-born British Conservative politician, author and diarist. Channon moved to England in 1920 and became strongly anti-American, feeling that American cultural and economic views threatened traditional European and British civilisation. He wrote extensively about these views. Channon quickly became enamoured of London society and became a social and political climber. He was first elected as a member of parliament (MP) in 1935. In his political career he failed to achieve ministerial office and was unsuccessful in his pursuit of a peerage, but he is remembered as one of the most famous political and social diarists of the twentieth century. . 2nd Impression. Hardback.