Spears Maj Gen Sir Edward (5 results)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. When sent on a mission to help bring Vichy held Syria and Lebanon to the Allied side by Churchill Spears quickly found himself at war not only with the Germans and the Vichy French but also with the Free French and the Foreign Office! Spears rapidly became disinchanted by the man he helped to raise to leader of the Free French, De Gaulle and his caustic style of writing spares no-one from his views of their performance. The book was written soon after the war but held from publishing until 1977 due to the sensibilities of those mentioned until the authors' own death. Includes 14*b/w photographs. 311pp. Book in very good condition, but the DJ is faded to the spine, has a nick and a little lifting of the surface plastic to upper edge and is roughly price-clipped.

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

1st edition orig. cloth Near Fine octavo xi + 311pp., b/w pls., index, Spears brought de Gaulle to Britain and virtually created him leader of the Free French. This account describes his gradual disenchantment with the Monster he had created. Scarce.

1st edition dust jacket Fine octavo xi + 311pp., b/w pls., index, The Spears Mission to Syria & Lebanon 1941-1944. Spears brought de Gaulle to Britain and virtually created him leader of the Free French. This account describes his gradual disenchantment with the Monster he had created. Scarce.