First edition. 37 plates, 25 part-coloured maps. Original cloth with gilt, a little soiled at the extremities, Original dustwrapper, soiled, with a large chip at headcap. A good copy. viii, 302pp. Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1960.
Early life as a subaltern in India, but also excellent - and highly opinionated - account of service as Chief of Intelligence in the East African Campaign. “Lawrence of Arabia and I were not only intimate but we understood each other perfectly”.