ISBN10: 0771597827, ISBN13: 9780771597824, [publisher: Macmillan of Canada A Division of Gage Publishing Limited, Toronto] Hardcover BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front, Rear Fixed Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Jacket Cover; Front Free Endpaper Pulled From Removal of Pocket, Sticker; Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Moderately Creased; Lightly Chipped; Moderate Fading of Spine Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Charles Ritchie, Author of The Siren Years, An Appetite for Life, and Diplomatic Passport. SUB-TITLE: More Undiplomatic Diaries, 1962-1971. JACKET PHOTO OF CHARLES RITCHIE AND JOHN F. KENNEDY: Canapress Photo Services. JACKET DESIGN: Michael van Elsen. CONTENTS: Preface; Washington, 1962-1966; London, 1967-1971; Diplomatic Attitudes; Epilogue. SYNOPSIS: "We diarists are peculiar people,." states Charles Ritchie in his Preface. "We write things down, awkward things sometimes, indiscreet things, things better forgotten. We should be banned. No doubt we soon will be." His many admirers will be relieved to see that, before this dire fate befalls all diarists, Charles Ritchie has written Storm Signals, the fourth volume of selections from his delightfully wise and witty diaries. In the first three volumes, The Siren Years, An Appetite for Life, and Diplomatic Passport, we follow him from his youth in Halifax and ...
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