John Connell — Wavell Scholar and Soldier to June 1941
London, Collins, 1964. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Connell's biography on Archibald Wavell, an important figure in the British Army, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by Harry Bailey & Raymond Whitaker.A biography on the life of Archibald Wavell, to June 1941, when Wavell was a scholar and solider as a senior officer of the British Army, serving in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign, and the First World War.Illustrated with a frontispiece, fourteen plates, and six in-text maps.Collated, complete.By John Connell.A second volume, 'Supreme Commander', was later published. In a full morocco binding by Harry Bailey & Raymond Whitaker. Externally, smart. Light marks to the boards and spine. A little discolouration to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine .
