GAULLE de Charles : - Lot 231

GAULLE de Charles : Mémoires de guerre. Plon Paris 1954/56/59. E.O. complete with all three volumes (L' Appel, l'Unité et le Salut). One of the rare ex H.C on esparto reserved for Free French veterans. Very fine signed handwritten letter from General de Gaulle to the companion of the Liberation, Colonel Paul Jonas, on the first two volumes, including a rare "A Paul Jonas son ami Charles de Gaulle 18 Juin 1956" on the second. And a handsome hand-signed letter from the General to the widow of Paul Jonas on the third. Three in-8 paperback volumes in blue, white and red paper slipcases. Damage to spine of volume 2, otherwise in good condition. During the war, Paul JONAS was head of the secret army for the Toulouse region, then escaped from German prisons to join General KOENIG's 1st Free French Division. After the war, he was reserve colonel in charge of the Mont Valérien commemorative ceremonies.