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Freeman C. Denis

The Road to Bordeaux. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. [Second Impression.] SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS; IN FULL MOROCCO

Cresset Press, 1940

736,00 €

Island Books

(Devon, Royaume-Uni)

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Détails

Année
1940
Auteur
Freeman C. Denis
Éditeurs
Cresset Press
Thème
military, ww2, wwii, pow, denis freeman, douglas cooper, ardizzone, edward ardizzone, bordeaux, france
Langues
Anglais

Description

8vo., Second Impression, on laid paper, with full-page illustrations by Ardizzone and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of this vividly-written (and early) personal account of the Fall of France. Working in a Parisian theatre as Dunkirk fell, the authors joined the French army as ambulance drivers and served through the Fall, escaping finally to Britain on the last destroyer to leave Bordeaux. A PRESENTATION COPY OF AN EARLY CLASSIC OF WWII, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS WITH THEIR HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTIONS ON HALF-TITLE. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Enser, p.167.
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