GAULLE (Charles de). War memoirs. * Paris: Librairie Plon, [1954]. - In-8, 222 x 140: (4 ff. first blank), 680 pp., (1 f.), 1 map, printed covers. Red half-maroquin with corners, gold fillets, ornamented ribbed back, gold head, covers and back preserved (E. & A. Maylander). First edition of the first volume of the Mémoires de guerre du general de Gaulle. A copy of the book, with this very fine shipment from the author to the famous doctor and historian Henri Mondor (1885-1962) :To Professor Mondor, with the testimony of my high esteem for him, for his talent, for his work. G. de Gaulle . 15 / 10/ 54. A fine copy with a beautiful provenance, complete with the double cover , the first one filled in. Enclosed is a facsimile of the beautiful letter sent by Charles de Gaulle on June 8, 1955 to Edmond Michelet about his work Rue de la liberté. Back very slightly past. Provenance: Henri Mondor, with author's dispatch and ex-libris.