El Alamein : Desert Victory by John Strawson - 1981

Hardback. Very Good.

J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1981. Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition. Small abrasion on the front pastedown. Traces of foxing to the pastedowns and endpapers. Faint creasing to pages 147 and 148 - the text is legible on these pages; the rest are clean, with clear text and images. CM. Hardcover. Good. Used.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1981. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Very good/good. green cloth gilt lettering dust jacket 191 pp.

London: J.M.Dent & Sons, 1981. 0460044222. First Edition. 9.5" x 6.25". hardback with dustwrapper. 191 pages. some black + white photographs. owners inscription on front free end paper otherwise a very good copy. V.G.+/ V.G.+. .

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1981-06-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First Edition with priceclipped & worn dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. Hardcover. First Edition. El Alamein. Desert Victory.Very slight shelf wear to edge and corners of D/J. Contents: List of Illustrations and Maps. Acknowledgements. Foreword. A Gentleman's War. A Desert Waterloo. New Brooms. The Two Armies. Curtain Raiser. Set Piece. Night of Mines and Wire. Crumbling. Master Plan Manque. Climax. A Dull and Measured Affair. The Prize. A Famous Victory? Africa Redeemed. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated. 191 pp. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1981.

London: J M Dent, 1981. VG+/VG. First edition, first printing in d/w price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JOHN STRAWSON (1921-2014), on front endpaper. Inscription reads, '(For) ---/with deep gratitude for all/your help and with every/good wish for the future/John/July 1985'. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. The Battle of El Alamein in 1942 has often been described as a decisive victory. But what did it decide? It certainly brought about the retirement of Rommel's Panzerarmee. It enabled Churchill to ring the church bells for what was essentially a British victory. It confirmed Montgomery's mastery of a battle of attrition. John Strawson traces the background to the battle, tells us what the political and military leadership of both sides thought about it, described the battle's various phases, with frequent reminiscences from British, German and Italian soldiers, and sets the whole affair in its proper strategic place. With… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour painting by Terence Cuneo,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners.A small (approx 7/10ths" or 18mm) closed tear on front,top edge and a further small closed tear at front, top corner's vertical edge - no other nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Accidental,consecutive varying sized - but overall small - top corner creases to pp31-42 - all other pages unaffected.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean, sharp-cornered,original plain dark olive green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-191pp [paginated] includes contents list/table… Read More

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1981-06-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding.