Field Marshal MONTGOMERY, of Alamein (1887 – 1976) - Sir Winston CHURCHILL (1874-1965) - Roy HOWELLS.
Simply Churchill. Roy Howells. Illustrated.
London: Robert Hale , 1759. Small 8vo. Pp. [1-]192. 19 half-tone illustrations printed recto and verso of nine leaves. (Light vertical creasing to first few leaves.) Original green boards, dust-jacket (tears to dust-jacket, fading to upper edges of boards).
Provenance: Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount MONTGOMERY of Alamein (1887 – 1976, inscription to front free and paper 'Given me by Roy Howells ... Montgomery of Alamein 1965')
Montgomery's copy: an important example of this fascinating work. A first edition, from the library of one of Churchill's greatest generals.
"Roy Howell's book is different. It is a straightforward, highly detailed and often humorous account of the last seven years of Churchill's life... The author joined the great man as a personal nurse... But he soon found that he was to become many more things besides. He looked after his clothes ...; supplied him with his 7-inch long Cuban cigars; .... and did a score of other things. He was one of the few who saw the human side of the man, who saw the other Churchill... If a man becomes a legend in his own lifetime the essential humanity is sometimes lost. In his books Roy Howells fills in the last seven years of a great life..." (dust-jacket 'blurb').
- Jacket Condition: acceptable
- Binding Condition: acceptable
- Overall Condition: acceptable, see provenance
- Size: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2ins.; 216 x 140mm
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