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Greece and Crete 1941
by Buckley, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0723304394
- ISBN 13
- 9780723304395
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1952). First Edition. Hardcover. 0723304394 . 15mm chip and 60mm tear at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; [8], 311, [1] pages + 17 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. 14 full page maps within the pagination. Red boards with gilt lettering on black panel on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 136mm. Maps on endpapers. Military history, World War Two. Contents: The Campaign in Greece - The War Spreads Eastward; Swastika over the Balkans; British Troops in Greece; Germany Strikes; The Western Flank; The Olympus Position; Retreat to Thermopylae; Evacuation; Epilogue; The Battle for Crete - The Island; The First Day; Royal Escape; The Days of Decision; Evacuation; Conclusions; General Index; Index to Formations and Units. Series: "The Second World War, 1939-1945 - A Popular Military History by Various Authors in Eight Volumes". .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25015
- Title
- Greece and Crete 1941
- Author
- Buckley, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0723304394
- ISBN 13
- 9780723304395
- Publisher
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1952)
- Keywords
- 0723304394
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Plate
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