Khaki and Gown - Birdwood's Autobiography
Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.V.O., C.I.E., D.S.O., LL.D., D.C.L. D.Litt., M.A. Pub. Ward, Lock & Co. London, 1941. First edition. 456pp. plus 16 full plate illustrations and 5 folding colour maps.
A career spanning Sandhurst, India, South Africa, Dardanelles, France, India, Australian Governor General and again India now recounted in his 8th decade during the early days of WWII. Easy to read life of a man effective among Maharajahs or sappers.
Dark blue cloth boards a little worn to edges and corners. Text dusted to the top. Contents mildly toned to the page edges, clean and well bound. (22x15cm)

Estimate $70-120