The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard.

Doyle (Arthur Conan)

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard.

[Later printing.]

Description: a couple of light handling marks, pp. [vi], 334, [4, ads], foolscap 8vo, original lavender cloth, backstrip and upper board lettered in black, backstrip faded, lean to spine, some general wear, edges a little browned with faint spotting to endpapers, the flyleaf with the ownership inscription of 'Montgomery of Alamein' (see below), fair condition

Publication Details: John Murray, 1940

Notes: A wartime printing of the 'cheap edition' of this collection of stories depicting a French cavalry officer during the Napoleonic Wars. The copy of Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery ('Monty'), it is tempting to think that this fictional account of an earlier conflict may have been his reading during his own military exploits - and the condition of the book certainly supports that suggestion, although the title with which he inscribes his copy was only conferred on him after the War. Nevertheless, an appealing association....moreA wartime printing of the 'cheap edition' of this collection of stories depicting a French cavalry officer during the Napoleonic Wars. The copy of Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery ('Monty'), it is tempting to think that this fictional account of an earlier conflict may have been his reading during his own military exploits - and the condition of the book certainly supports that suggestion, although the title with which he inscribes his copy was only conferred on him after the War. Nevertheless, an appealing association. HIDE

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Price: £650

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1940

Stock Number: 73405

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