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THE BEACHHEAD COMMANDOS
by Hampshire, A. Cecil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0718303199
- ISBN 13
- 9780718303198
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: William Kimber, 1983. 208pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout, supported by several intext line-drawn maps. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain red boards undamaged. Leaves unmarked. Pictorial, action-illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. Khaki-clad naval officers and ratings spearheaded the British assault waves in every allied invasion landing during the Second World War. Their work was considered by Force Commanders to be "the most important and dangerous in any landing." Few knew that Royal Naval commandos existed. Outstanding courage, humour, tragedy and disaster; their story, much of it wrung out of former members, is told in this book . . . Contents include: Prelims., Acks., 20 chapters, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 441g.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007252
- Title
- THE BEACHHEAD COMMANDOS
- Author
- Hampshire, A. Cecil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0718303199
- ISBN 13
- 9780718303198
- Publisher
- William Kimber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY, WORLD WAR, 1939-1945, WAR TWO, BRITISH COMMANDOS, HAMPSHIRE, A. CECIL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Korumburra, Victoria
About Diversity Books, IOBA
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