ID 829405
Lot 70 | MONTGOMERY, Field Marshal Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500
El Alamein to the River Sangro. Normandy to the Baltic. [Bad Oeynhausen:] British Army of the Rhine, printed for private circulation only, January-April 1946.
Presentation copies from Montgomery to Anthony Eden of his accounts of his operations in North Africa and Italy, as well as the latter stages of the Second World War in northern Europe. The collection includes two later volumes, one of his memoirs and the other of Montgomery’s thoughts on the political and military situation in Asia, Africa and Central America.
2 volumes, octavo (220 x 145mm). Numerous folding maps, many coloured (some folding edges creased). Original cloth (El Alamein to the River Sangro with headcap and upper joint splitting, spine of Normandy to the Baltic faded). Provenance: Field Marshall Montgomery (authorial presentation inscriptions dated Berlin 1946, to:) – Anthony Eden. [Sold with:] – Eighth Army. Some Notes on High Command in War. Italy: September 1943. Small quarto (178 x 120mm). 22p. Original stapled wrappers. [And:] –Memoirs. London: 1958. Octavo, original cloth. [And:] – Three Continents. London: 1962. Octavo, original cloth. Provenance: all three works with authorial presentation inscriptions to Anthony Eden.
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Artist: | Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976) |
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Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Printed books |
Artist: | Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976) |
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Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Printed books |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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