British army on the Rhine|London 1946|13.50 x 22 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous coffret
First edition, no large paper copies. Publisher’s navy blue cloth, lacks to head and tail of spine, one joint partly split. Black morocco box by Goy & Vilaine lined in blue sheep. Inscribed by Montgomery - then military governor of the British Zone in Occupied Germany - to General Koenig, governor of the French Zone at the time: “To General Koenig who served under my command in the Eighth Army. With my very best wishes. Montgomery of Alamein Field-Marshal / Berlin 30.3.46.” This copy further bears a one-page autograph letter from the author on the headed paper of the Headquarters of the British Army on the Rhine to General Koenig, presenting him with the...
Harper & Brothers|New-York [New York] • & London 1931|19.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition in English, translated by John Dos Passos, printed in 300 copies on Utopian laid paper. Autograph signatures of B. Cendrars and J. Dos Passos to justification page. With original illustrations by John Dos Passos. A very good copy.