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Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1953
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 242 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Scuffing to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable sunning to spine and edges. Some marks overall.
Published by G. Bell, 1935., 1935
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st edition. 8vo. [xii] + 342pp. B/w. portrait frontispiece and illustrations from photographs, 3 folding maps. Lacks front f.e.p. (?) Bookplate to front pastedown. Rebound in two boards with typewritten paper title label to brown spine. Ex-libris Ann Savours Shirley with her signature. US$20.
Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1953
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
HARDCOVER. Condition: GOOD. 1953-01-01. Eyre and Spottiswoode. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE DJ; Acceptable, edgewear. Large chips. Marked. Ex library. Price clipped. 9x6.
Published by Naval & Military Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1783318031ISBN 13: 9781783318032
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
Book
2021 N&M Press reprint (of original pub). xi + 520pp with 20 maps and diagrams. and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £45 The sixth in the eight volumes describing the Mediterranean a Middle Eastern theatres in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War narrates the campaign in Italy from March to June 1944. After the Allies bogged down at Anzio and Monte Cassino, General Alexander determined on a Spring offensive - Operation Diadem - to take Monte Cassino, break the German defences of the Gustav Line, and capture Rome. The Line was successfully breached by the British Eighth and the US Fifth Armies within days of the offensiveâ s opening and the subsidiary â Hitler Lineâ was also broken. As a follow-up, American, Canadian and French forces broke out of the Anzio bridgehead where they had been bottled up since January. After heavy fighting, the Caesar Line, the last defence before the Italian capital, was broken and the Allies occupied Rome on 4th June. Elsewhere in the Mediterranean theatre, British special forces missions supported Marshal Titoâ s partisans in attacking the German occupying forces in Yugoslavia. There are chapters on Allied strategic disagreements; the war at sea, and the allied administration of Italy. The text has two appendices and 20 maps and diagrams.We have taken the opportunity with our 2021 editions of the OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR â " UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY series to redesign the covers and print on 140g silk paper.
Published by G. Bell and sons, 1935
Seller: The Mill Bookshop, Gatehouse of Fleet, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Publisher - G. Bell and sons, London, 1935. 1st ed. First edition. Good condition, dark grey boards with gilt design to front board and very faded gilt lettering to spine. Some shelf wear, bumps and scratches. Hinges loose exposing webbing but binding is firm. Ffep missing. Illustrated with many plates and foldout maps. Text is clean and clear.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1928
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Prater, Ernest; Nicolson, W.C.; Sindall, A.W.; Cleaver, Reginald; Carruthers, C.P.; Holloway, Cyril; faulks, Jack; Wood, Stanley L.; May, J.A.; Abbey, S. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A Baptism of Fire - A young British Columbia Forest Service Ranger helps to save 100 people trapped in a logging camp from forest fire; Through Arctic Seas - Part II - Wonderful photos accompany this continuation of the cruise of the Hudson Bay Company steamer Baychimo to the Western Arctic to study the Eskimos and wild life; "Kruger's Millions" - ;A diagram is found which may lead to an enormous quantity of gold hidden by President Kruger after the Boer War; How We Fought the Famine - In East Africa Captain Anthony Parsons needed meat to trade to the Angonis for flour for his "boys"; Through Spain in Disguise - Part VI - Count and Countess Malmignati sing and dance their way across Spain disguised as Arab beggars; Photo of river gardens in Siam; The Adventures of a "Sand-Hog" - Photos of brutal subterranean conditions accompany this story of the men who dig tunnels and tubes beneath the Hudson River, between New York and Jersey City; The Thief Who Lost His "Luck" - A Chinese burglar lucks out; "Crawling Cavern" - Close call for Mark Howard in the spring of 1907 while on outpost duty on the coast of Mindanao; Across Central Africa from East to West - Part I - Major Frederick G. Jackson describes his 6,000 mile trans-African trek - with nice photos; The "Phantom Bandits" - In 1923 Joe Tanko and Floyd Hall escaped from San Quentin Prison and terrorized the countryside before they were finally subdued - includes facsimile of their wanted poster; The Mystery Man of Arnhem's Land - a man goes wrong so flees to the wilds, intent on earning enough to make restitution, but ends up in a lonely grave on the Australian coast; The Hakim - A doctor in Kenya includes fortune-telling in his treatment of disease. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Bits of peripheral nibbling, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.