Description
The first edition, first printing of The De Gaulle Nobody Knows: An Intimate Biography of Charles de Gaulle by Alden Hatch.
Octavo, 277pp, [5]. Full blue morocco, title stamped in gilt on spine, decorative raised bands. Stated “First Edition” on the copyright page. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Sunning along the spine, and along the top quarter of the text block. Internally clean.
The author’s personal copy.
A contemporary biography of Charles de Gaulle, published shortly after his return to power and the establishment of the French Fifth Republic, tracing his military career, leadership of Free France during World War II, postwar political withdrawal, and renewed role as president of France.
