1989 Diary of Military Government in Germany 1945

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce, Signed, With Dustwrapper

The scarce first edition of this work.

Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper

In the original unclipped dust wrapper.

The diaries of Basil N. Reckitt, written whilst we was a British Military Government Officer in Germany, up to his demobilization in 1945.

A striking eye witness account to the end of the war and the suffering caused from the devastation. 

Illustrated with a frontispiece, and three illustrations.

Collated, complete.

Reckitt was the great grandson of Isaac Reckitt, who founded Reckitt and Sons, a leading manufacturer of household products.