By Lord Birdwood; Winston Churchill
London   Ward, Lock, & Co
8.5" by 5.5" [6], 7-456pp
The first edition of Lord William Birdwood's wise autobiography, illustrated with colour folding maps.
By Lord Birdwood; Winston Churchill

1941 Khaki and Gown an Autobiography

London   Ward, Lock, & Co
8.5" by 5.5" [6], 7-456pp
The first edition of Lord William Birdwood's wise autobiography, illustrated with colour folding maps.
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Colour Plates, First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of this work.

The autobiography of Lord William Birdwood, the British Army officer who was involved in active service in the Second Boer War and the First World War.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, four colour folding maps, one colour map, and fifteen monochrome plates.

Collated, complete.

With a foreword by Winston Churchill.

With a prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few minor marks to the boards and spine. Some spots to the fore edge. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a couple of odd spots.

Very Good

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