Mountbatten. by ZIEGLER, Philip - 1985: The Official Biography.

London: Guild Publishing,, 1985. First Book Club edition, first impression, handsomely bound. Prominent biographer Philip Ziegler was chosen to write the official account of Mountbatten's remarkable life, covering his time from polo-playing aristocrat, to one of the three Allied Supreme Commanders in the Second World War, through to his tenure as the last Viceroy of India, and his murder by the IRA. The Book Club edition was issued the same year as the first trade edition, which was published by William Collins. Octavo (225 x 151 mm). Contemporary brown half morocco by Maltbys of Oxford, twin red morocco labels, gilt in compartments, grey cloth sides, original endpapers depicting the family tree of Mountbatten, top edge gilt; original dust jacket bound at rear. Bookplate of Greek shipping executive Michael Matantos to front pastedown. A fine copy.