Copy of, and signed on the paste-down by, the 6th Baron (J V B) de Saumarez (b 1932), son of the 5th Baron, who as the Hon J St V B Saumarez (1889-1969) was a lieutenant (and later a captain) in the Scots Guards, wounded in the Great War and mentioned on four pages in this book. Loosely inserted is a handwritten page from a letter from the son referring to one of his parents' highlights, "when they were invited to the Royal Supper Room" for a "Court Ball in Buckingham Palace".
Other Scots Guards officers were the ornithologist C W Mackworth-Praed (see Lot 311) and several Mackenzies (see Lot 316), including Private James Mackenzie, VC, Captain W C Mackenzie, DSO, and Lt-Col Sir Victor A F Mackenzie.
Red cloth boards, gilt and black to the upper panel, black to the spine. Plain endpapers. xiii + inserted errata sheet + 349 pp of text and index + inserted folding map on art paper as frontispiece + 14 other inserted folding other maps + [iv] pp of publisher's annnouncements. (No photographs, as published.)
CONDITION NOTES. Tightly bound. light rubbing to the boards. Extremities undamaged. Spine lightly sunned. Owner signature on the front paste-down. Free endpapers lightly sunned. Prelims, index and front and bottom page edges foxed. All maps present and in very good condition.
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 225 x 150 x 150
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
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