The Broken Plume; A Platoon Commansder's Story 1940-1945 by Craig, Norman - 1982

Imperial War Museum, 1982. hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x0. No marks or dog ears noted in text, hc with djAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing

Leo Cooper Ltd, 22/10/1982 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 1.7986 cent in x 21.5836 cent in x 13.5897 cent in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

Hardback. Very Good.

Lon.: Imperial War Museum. author served with British forces in northern Africa and Italy . Near Fine. Hardcover. First. 1982.

London: Imperial War Museum, 1982. 191 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). Monotone drawings by Charles Freeman, b&w photographs, maps. "The author's experiences as a platoon commander in the Second World War were shared by many others but few published accounts capture so faithfully the particular flavour of that conflict or the impact of battle on the individual soldier. Norman Craig was a conscript, commissioned after a year in the ranks. He served in three infantry regiments: the Welch in the United Kingdom; the Royal Sussex in the Western Desert, and Iraq and Persia; and the East Surreys in Italy. He saw action at El Alamein and in northern Italy where, only a fortnight before the end of the war in Europe, he was wounded. Between these spells of fighting he was concerned with the routine of soldiering - training, parades, courses, inspections and regimental chores - which occupied the greater part of of a subaltern's time. Norman Craig writes perceptively and with unusual candour about… Read More

(London): Imperial War Museum, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 191pp. Spine slightly cocked a bit, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper.

London: Imperial War Museum, 1982. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. Rubbing to edges and corners of D/J with fading to spine. 191pp.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

London: Imperial War Museum, 1982. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket 191pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, indexes, Author served in the Western Desert inc. el Alamein, Iraq and Italy in WWII

Leo Cooper Ltd, 22/10/1982 00:00:01. hardcover. Good. 1.7986 in x 21.5836 in x 13.5897 in.