Author: URQUHART Major-General Roy
Title: Arnhem. With Wilfred Greatorex. IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO
Description: Cassell,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition, with 48 plates on 24, and 13 full-page maps (one double-page) in the text; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'airborne Pegasus' emblem, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An elegant copy. This classic memoir by the commander of 1 Airborne Division remains the best eye-witness account of the most poignant (and by far the most documented) airborne operation in history. Includes transcripts of the airborne corps instruction, confirmatory notes of GOC's verbal orders, glider and unit allotments and 1 Airborne Div OOB. Enser, p.36.

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