Chief of Staff
POWNALL, General Henry
The Diaries of Sir Henry Pownall. [1933-1944]. [Edited by B. Bond].
COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
Published: Leo Cooper, [1972-74]
Stock code: 16995
Price: £130.00
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 29 plates; blue cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper.
The set comprises Vol. I: 1933-1940 (by which time Pownall was CGS to the BEF in France); Vol. II: 1940-1944 (CoS to Mountbatten). In the latter part of his career Pownall was Chief of Staff to Mountbatten (then SACSEA). His remarkably frank diaries caused considerable controversy on publication, not least because of his opinions of Wingate. Unaccountably scarce as a set, especially in this condition. Graham & Cole L20; Enser, p.268.