in the striking pictorial dust jacket
Two quarto single-sheet flyers (280 x 210 mm) beautifully framed by Kings Court Galleries
Its concluding message
the earliest of Milne’s four Christopher Robin books and the volume that first introduced Winnie-the-Pooh (appearing anonymously in the poem Teddy Bear)
aimed to prepare the civilian population for a potential German invasion and instill a spirit of unwavering resistance
Bolo Whistler - Montgomery to Lord Portal Presentation Copy, CIGS to Wartime Air Chief gilt decorated cloth in the striking pictorial dustSMYTH, Brigadier The Rt Hon Sir John Smyth, Bt, VC, MC. Bolo Whistler: The Life of General Sir Lashmer Whistler, GCB, KBE, DSO, DL. A Study in Leadership. London: Frederick Muller, 1967. First edition. Field Marshal Montgomery presentation copy to Lord Portal. First edition, first impression. A superb presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: To Peter from Bernard. The recipient was Lord Portal, known privately as Peter, wartime Chief