Verlag: William Clowes, 1952
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fair. 1952. 292 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.
Verlag: William Clowes, [1952], 1952
Anbieter: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 35 plates on 22 and 21 maps on 13 folders; blue cloth, upper board lettered with divisional emblem in gilt, gilt back, a bright, clean copy. The famous West Country Division captured Mount Picon, the key to Normandy, forced the crossing of the Seine, were the first British troops to fight in Germany, and turned the tide in the Reichswald enabling the Allies to close with the Rhine. As part of Horrocks' 30 Corps, the division also took part in the headlong rush to Nijmegen in Operation GARDEN. Enser, p.77.