Cornelius Ryan - Een brug te ver. Operatie 'Market-Garden' september 1944

Cornelius Ryan - Een brug te ver. Operatie 'Market-Garden' september 1944 - Bussum - Van Holkema & Warendorf - [september] 1974 - 1st edition - 512 pp - Cloth binding with dust jacket - 16 x 24 cm. - Design: Jan Bouman.

Condition: Good - with SIGNED dedication of the author. From the library of Dutch writer Paul Vroemen with his name, date '17.9.1974' and note: "30 jaar na de slag om / Arnhem ontvangen".

Dutch translation of A Bridge too Far (1974) by the Irish-American journalist Cornelius Ryan (1920-1974). Illustrated with black and white photos and maps. With bibliography and list of names. Cover: painting by David Shepherd 'Arnhem Bridge, 5pm, the second day'.

¶ Hardback FIRST EDITION (circulation 50,000 copies). The most famous war book about the Battle of the Rhine Bridge near Arnhem during the Second World War was made into a film in 1976 by Richard Attenborough with Sean Connery and Robert Redford in the leading roles.