Lot 43
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CHURCHILL, W. & F.D. ROOSEVELT. Atlantic Charter [August 12th 1941]. (Utrecht), The Busy Bee (Ch.E. v. Blommestein & G. Lubberhuizen, 1944). (16) pp. Printed in blue and grey. Owrps. (Wrps. sl. browned/foxed).
Colophon: "The Atlantic Charter, a joint declaration of the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain, first published August 12th 1941, has been printed in secret in the office of the Busy Bee, somewhere in occupied Holland, this being the third volume of the series Documents Humains. The edition has been limited to 100 copies on Simili Japon paper. 42 [in ink]". The Busy Bee, or De Bezige Bij, began life during the Second World War and quickly became a remarkably successful clandestine publishing house, issuing broadsides and helping to raise funds to aid Jewish children to escape from the Nazis. The Atlantic Charter was its first official publication, and despite the circumstances, the printing would have been worthy of any fine private press. - De Jong 49.€ 500
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