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GAULLE (Charles de).
Mémoires de guerre. I. The appeal (1940-1942). - II. Unity (1942-1944). - III. Salvation (1944-1946). Paris, Plon, 1954-1959. 3 volumes in-8, red half-chagrin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt title (spines faded, rubbed, cover of t.3 loose).
Signed autograph letters from General de Gaulle, to his "dear nephew, Jacques Philippe Vendroux, in memory of a battle in which he valiantly took part [...], October 23, 1954" (vol. 1)| to the same, "affectionately, 29-6-56" (vol. 2)| vol. 3 bears only the General's signature with the date 20-1-60.
A senior civil servant, Jacques-Philippe Vendroux (1925-2002) was deputy for Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon from 1967 to 1973. On July 20, 1967, General de Gaulle paid an official visit to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the first French territory to join the Free French Forces in December 1941. A press photograph of the event is attached.
Mémoires de guerre. I. The appeal (1940-1942). - II. Unity (1942-1944). - III. Salvation (1944-1946). Paris, Plon, 1954-1959. 3 volumes in-8, red half-chagrin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt title (spines faded, rubbed, cover of t.3 loose).
Signed autograph letters from General de Gaulle, to his "dear nephew, Jacques Philippe Vendroux, in memory of a battle in which he valiantly took part [...], October 23, 1954" (vol. 1)| to the same, "affectionately, 29-6-56" (vol. 2)| vol. 3 bears only the General's signature with the date 20-1-60.
A senior civil servant, Jacques-Philippe Vendroux (1925-2002) was deputy for Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon from 1967 to 1973. On July 20, 1967, General de Gaulle paid an official visit to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the first French territory to join the Free French Forces in December 1941. A press photograph of the event is attached.