Montgomery A Biography
by Moorehead, Alan
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
£19.07£13.35
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About This Item
Melbourne, Australia: Hamish Hamilton, 1947. This classic account of the last years of World War II by a veteran Australian war correspondent. Moorhead was at the very heart of the conflict on the Western front, from the allied landings in Sicily in 1943 through to D-Day and the final British and American advance into Germany. He was later sent to cover the desert campaign in North Africa in which battles were tactical contests on the ground between generals. Moorhead captures the vividness and intensity of war like no other correspondent. CONDITION Blue cloth (clean with slightly bumped cnrs) map eps different each end, 255 pages with photos and illus plates, 3 maps internally including one fold out. Very bright and crisp copy with toned eps. DJ a little tatty to edges with water stain at rear. . First Australian. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13841
- Title
- Montgomery A Biography
- Author
- Moorehead, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Australian
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Australia
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
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Auckland
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