Major-General John Frost - A Drop Too Many

Major-General John Frost - A Drop Too Many - London - Cassell - 1980 - 1st edition - xviii,254 pp - Cloth binding with dust jacket - 14 x 22 cm.

Condition: Good - SIGNED by the author. Included are newspaper clippings and documentation.

The story of the 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment and the Battle of the Arnhem Rhine Bridge during the Second World War (September 1944) by, at the time Lieutenant-Colonel, 'Johnny' Dutton Frost (1912-1993). Illustrated with black and white photos and maps. With index. Hardback FIRST EDITION.

¶ This copy comes from the collection of WWII collector and writer Paul Vroemen (1931-2002) with his name and ex-libris blind stamp. The cover page contains a handwritten dedication from 2nd Battalion paratrooper Sid Elliott to "my long lost son" Paul, dated '6-2-1981'. On the title page, opposite a pasted-in portrait photo and next to a crop of another photo, is the SIGNATURE of John Frost himself.

UNIQUE military collector's item. Frost, after whom the rebuilt bridge at Arnhem was named, did not sign often - possibly almost never - his books. He is one of the great heroes of Operation Market-Garden. In the context of 'Arnhemiana', this is perhaps most comparable to finding a copy of Homer's Iliad, signed by Achilles.