Edmund Ironside — The Ironside Diaries 1937-1940
London, Constable, 1962. First edition. Leather. A nicely leather bound first edition copy of the diaries of Edmund Ironside, dating from 1937 to 1940, an interesting look at the start of the war from a military perspective. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by Harry Bailey & Raymond Whitaker.The diaries of Edmund Ironside from the years 1937 to 1940, encapsulating the beginnings and very start of the Second World War, during which time Ironside was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twelve plates, and eight maps.Collated, complete.Edited by Colonel Roderick Macleod and Denis Kelly. In a quarter morocco binding with vellum to the boards, a signed binding by Harry Bailey & Raymond Whitaker. Externally, smart. Light marks to the boards, as is usual with a vellum binding. Spine is a touch faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine .
