Description
The deluxe limited edition of El Alamein to the River Sangro, signed by Field Marshall Montgomery of Alamein. Bound by Zaehnsdorf of London.
Quarto, xiii, 421pp, [1]. Black morocco, raised bands, title in gilt on spine, gilt facsimile signature and coat of arms on cover. Gilt dentelles, all gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Light rubbing and shelf wear to boards, internally fine. Complete with color frontispiece portrait, maps, photographs, and facsimiles. Housed in a black cloth slipcase.
From a signed limited edition of 265 copies, this one numbered “out of series.”
A beautiful binding by Zaehnsdorf, with the signature of Field Marshall Montgomery on the title page.
This volume from The Arcadia Press was issued to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Alamein, along with the similarly bound History of Warfare by Montgomery (1969).
