B. L. Montgomery; Winston Churchill — Ten Chapters 1942 to 1945
London, Hutchinson and Co, 1946. First edition. Leather. A unique British history of the Second World War, as told in chapters by a senior Army Officer and facsimile prints of Winston Churchill's own impressions. The first edition. In the publisher's original morocco binding. This books offers a short and personal record of Bernard Montgomery's command from 1942 until the end of the War in 1945. The main feature of the work are the passages provided by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who wrote his own impressions in Montgomery's autograph book. His handwriting has been photographed as these passages were written. In the original morocco binding. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear and the odd faint mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .