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An Autobiography by Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood
Foreword by Th Rt. Hon: Winston Churchill, C.H., P.C.
London, Ward Lock, 1941, 1st edition.
Author: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood of Anzac and Totnes
456 pages, photos, colored maps (all intact) & Index
Hardcover bound in navy cloth stamped in gilt on spine
Inscribed by Birdwood on the front free end paper:
Father Andrew
who as my old school comrade. Ernest Hardy, may I hope find something of interest in the doings of a very old soldier.
Birdwood of Anzac. F. M.
Dec 43
An autobiography by an ‘old soldier’ with tales of adventure from all over the world. The “gown” refers to his later years as Master of Peterhouse at Cambridge. Churchill served with Birdwood in the Boer War under Lord Dundonald and writes a respectful 2-page foreword.
Previous owner ‘s bookplate on front pastedown otherwise a very good copy.
Woods B36
Cohen B75.1
Item #980
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