RYAN, Cornelius.[Michael Caine].
A Bridge Too Far.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974.
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First edition of Cornelius Ryan's A Bridge Too Far; Signed by Him and Academy Award-Winning Actor Michael Caine
First edition of Ryan's classic account of Operation Market Garden, basis for the film directed by Richard Attenborough, starring an ensemble cast Michael Caine, Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Sean Connery, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal and Robert Redford. Octavo, original cloth, original cartographic endpapers within marbled endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Cornelius Ryan and Academy Award-winning actor Michael Caine on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Ryan's bleak, fact-based account of the failed WWII Operation Market Garden mission, A Bridge Too Far was the first book to address the tactical mistakes made in planning the operation, which in previous popular accounts had been spun as a partial success. The book was adapted into the 1977 epic war film of the same name directed by Richard Attenborough and with a screenplay by William Goldman. The ensemble cast included Sean Connery, James Caan, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford, Dirk Bogarde, Edward Fox, and Laurence Olivier.
A Bridge Too Far.
$2,800.00
In Stock