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2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces, 9 maps in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps in the second volume; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (red/blue respectively), sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. A SPLENDID SET. By common consent the greatest CIGS in the history of the British Army, Alanbrooke occupied a unique position at the heart of Britain's efforts in WWII. Scarcely a man to pull punches, he provides a blow-by-blow account of how the war was waged and won, sparing no-one from politicians to generals of virtually every Allied nation. Enser, pp.199, 474 respectively.