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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 104

Documents
Montgomery of Alamein
1967, a folder of correspondence of Derek Jewell, Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times magazine which relates to the feature edition printed in September 1967 and the anniversary trip to Egypt.



The most important letter is to the Field-Marshal from Derek Jewell explaining the errors in the first draft of the article which has been anotated in Montgomery's hand in red ink and concluded, "What you must understand is that I as the author of the two articles. I have my own style of writing, and everybody knows it. The Sunday Times Magazine style, or Michael Rand's [the designer] views or decisions , do not interest me. Rand is an expert on pictures; I and an expert on writing books and articles! Tell Michael to go to hell! M of A"



Among the sheaf of documents includes copies of Mongomery's speeches, a transcript of a talk with Bernard Levin, letters from Middle Eastern officials and much more indicating the problems of the logistics of taking the team overseas for this anniversary event. A fascinating group

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Estimate
£300 to £400