Description
First edition of The Path To Leadership by Field-Marshal Montgomery of Alamein, signed on the title page.
Octavo, 256pp. Maroon cloth, gilt title on spine. Light soiling along top edge of text block, but otherwise clean text. Faint offsetting to endpapers. In the publisher’s dust jacket, with “21s. net” on front flap, small splash mark to verso, light soiling to rear panel, no impact to text block or cloth.
Signed by Field-Marshal Montgomery on the title page.
An attractive example.
Sir Bernard Montgomery, more commonly known by his title Field-Marshal Montgomery of Alamein, was the commander of the British Eighth Army in Africa and head of ground forces during Operation Overlord (Battle of Normandy and the D-Day Invasion). After the conclusion of WWII, he took command of the British Army of the Rhine in Germany.
