MONTGOMERY, Sir Bernard Law, Viscount (1887-1976). Field Marshal.
El Alamein to the River Sangro, first edition, printed in Germany by the British Army of the Rhine, January 1946. Full blue calf, gilt, rather worn, inscribed by Montgomery to Lieutenant-General (Sir) Brian Horrocks - 'To: Jorrock / who played no small part in the events recorded in these pages', Berlin, 6 January 1946.
Signed also by Horrock on the front paste-down, opposite Montgomery's inscription.
A well-read (by Horrocks) copy of a very rare publication. Annotated throughout by Horrocks, largely by underlining key phrases. Some of the fifteen pull-out maps torn, and the cover a little rubbed.
£550 [No: 22578]
El Alamein to the River Sangro, first edition, printed in Germany by the British Army of the Rhine, January 1946. Full blue calf, gilt, rather worn, inscribed by Montgomery to Lieutenant-General (Sir) Brian Horrocks - 'To: Jorrock / who played no small part in the events recorded in these pages', Berlin, 6 January 1946.
Signed also by Horrock on the front paste-down, opposite Montgomery's inscription.
A well-read (by Horrocks) copy of a very rare publication. Annotated throughout by Horrocks, largely by underlining key phrases. Some of the fifteen pull-out maps torn, and the cover a little rubbed.
£550 [No: 22578]
The image is of a specimen page only.