commando attack von holman gordon (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Gray cloth, brown tape repair to spine, well worn. WWII; Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Clean text. Minor wear along the edges. Former owner's name on the inside cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1942. Hardcover (approx 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm)), 160 pages. First printed May 1942. REPRINTED June 1942. Book and dust jacket (dj) are in Good condition. Blue boards with black lettering. Rubbed and bumped, most notably on edges and corners. Soiled. White spots (rubbing?) on front board, along spine and hinge. The dj is bumped, rubbed and chipped. Browning/foxing. The dj is not price-clipped, shows original price of 5/- net. The dust jacket is protected in an archival (removable) book jacket cover. Weight: 250g.

ex lib, minimal markings, 258pp, illus, VG(v sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear, sl creased spine, vsl rubbed & soiled boards, sl browned ep's, prev owners inscr to title page).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good Hardback. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good + Dj in Plastic Cover. First Printed.

Zustand: very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. hbk 2nd edition 160pp illus photos dj has some slight shelfwear now in protective sleeve faint even age-toning to pages otherwise a very good clean tight unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Out of print. In a Mylar cover. A firsthand account of the raid on St. Nazaire.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG+. Photos (illustrator). Reprint. First printed in May 1942 this book was one of the first to feature operations of the new British strike force, the Commandos. It was reprinted the following month with this new and revised edition in October 1942 bringing the Commando story up-to-date with the inclusion of the costly Dieppe landing. Holman was the first war correspondent to sail with the Commandos and also accompanied them on the St Nazaire Raid. Interesting accounts of the first Commando ops. Book produced to war economy standards. 164 pages, 15 b/w photos. Light blue hard covers with black front/spine titles VG with sprinkle white spots (probablt damp) front and back, ink name/address top FFEP, text block otherwise excellent. Wrap-round colour art DJ (landing scene) VG+ with red titles, three tiny chips spine top, price clipped.,

Hardcover. Zustand: Good to Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Revised Edition. Revised Edition 1942 good to very good hardback, spotting to boards, foxing and browning to page edges and endpapers, in a fair dust wrapper, corners and edges rubbed, closed tears, spine browned. Protected by clear removable archival covering. Owner's inscription. 164 pages. Illustrations. A new revised edition bringing the story up to the Dieppe Operation.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Reprint. Blue boards with black lettering to the front and spine. Tanned closed page edges. Minor shelf wear to the boards. Gift inscription to the inside front board in ink, covered by jacket. Pictorial unclipped dust wrapper, chipping and wear to the top and tail of the spine. Now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No further inscriptions, 164pp. Clean pages with black and white images throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

reprint orig. cloth Near Fine small octavo 164pp., frontis., b/w pls., Tells the story of the formation of the Commandos and their attacks on Lofoten, Vaagso, Bardia & St, Nazaire. Ex Reference library copy with some small stamps o/w VG.

164 pp. Tela con sobrecubierta. Buen estado. Idioma: inglés. Ilustrado con fotografías en b/n fuera texto.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 160 pages, frontispiece and all plates. Warmly inscribed by the author 11/43: "To Hughie Shaw - Who taught me first off what the Canadian hand of friendship can mean to a fellow Britisher. With constant regards." Jacket rubbed and toned; cloth spine sunned, andlower joint split. Good only, but a pleasing inscription. 7.5 x 5 inches. Inscribed by Author(s).