Quentin Reynolds — The Wounded Don&Apos;T Cry

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1941. Leather. An immensely scarce war memoir by Quentin Reynolds', his vivid first hand account of World War Two. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. A very scarce work, this copy being the fourth edition, published in May 1941, following the first edition of March 1941.Quentin Reynolds' personal account of the Second World War, from the point of view of an American journalist from the first half of the War.Reynolds was a war correspondent for 'Collier's Weekly', and is best remembered now for a libel suit against the right-wing Hearst columnist Westbrook Pegler.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, from her library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. After being widowed at 25, Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir, Marshall Field III, later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive, with many examples of her own bookbinding.Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty, the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII (though she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII), featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends, such as Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, Fred Astaire, and Nancy Mitford, a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period, her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things. In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Spine is a touch faded. Light spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .