A Bridge too Far
( ARNHEM ) ( [MARKET GARDEN] ) RYAN, Cornelius
SIGNED BY JOHN FROST OF ARNHEM BRIDGE
Published: Hamish Hamilton, [1974]
Stock code: 51926
Price: £1,000.00
8vo., First Edition, with 71 plates on 32, 10 maps (6 double-page) in the text, and endpaper maps, top and fore-edge lightly age-soiled, contemporary signature on half-title verso; red cloth, Pegasus blocked in blue on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
A PRESENTATION COPY FROM MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN FROST OF ARNHEM BRIDGE, WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. The best modern account of the epic action, and the basis of Richard Attenborough's immensely successful film (1977) starring Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier, James Caan and a host of others. AN EXCEPTIONAL ASSOCIATION COPY: COPIES OF ANY WORK SIGNED BY FROST ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Enser, pp.13, 87.