Camp Chaleur, Signed (1 results)

1st Edition. First edition, signed by Freddie and Mar Lou (Guingand, Freddie's daughter). 15 pp. With loosely inserted letterpress leaf identifying de Guingand as the author, and noting his two war memoirs, Operation Victory (1947) and Generals at War (1964). 1 vols. 4to. Rare privately printed memoir of the author's friendship with Jane Engelhard (spanning three decades) and trips to Camp Chaleur on the Grand Cascapedia. The camp had been built by the Phipps family in 1921 (the first fishing camp on the river with indoor plumbing), and was bought by the Engelhards in mid century; the building burned down in the 1980s. (Charles Engelhard was the model for Ian Fleming's villain Goldfinger.) Major General Sir Francis de Guingand (1900-1979), served with Montgomery from El Alamein to the surrender of the Wehrmacht in the West. As Montgomery's chief of staff he had responsibility for the smooth functioning of the British Army and exercised his considerable diplomatic skills in liaison with their American Allies. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 75 "One of the great salmon-fishing rarities"; Not in Bruns. Not in OCLC Full red morocco, titled in gilt ?Camp Chaleur? and with a leaping salmon stamped in gilt by James MacDonald & Co. New York City. Fine 15 pp. With loosely inserted letterpress leaf identifying de Guingand as the author, and noting his two war memoirs, Operation Victory (1947) and Generals at War (1964). 1 vols. 4to First edition, signed by Freddie and Mar Lou (Guingand, Freddie's daughter). Signed.