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196028881Kimber 1960. 8vo. First Edition with plates maps in the text and endpaper maps; black cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The first major study of command in the Western Desert this important work was recognised as at once authoritative and controversial. Montgomery in particular is called to account on several occasions with Second Alamein criticised not only for its handling but as a needless engagement. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser p.293. Kimber, hardcover
199146758Hodder & Stoughton 1991. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs and maps throughout; navy cloth a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Meticulously researched account by an eminent historian of the Royal Navys part in WWII. A fascinating modern complement to Roskill. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
19862012495Hodder & Stoughton London 1986 A fascinating portrait of four national commanders in chief whose careers span 1914-1918. von Moltke designated to carry out the Schlieffen plan to defeat France within six weeks Jellicoe who commanded the Grand Fleet at Jutland Petain who saved the French armies from collapse durint the mutinies of 1917 and Ludendorff who commanded the final ill fated German offensive in the West in 1918. The central theme of Correlli Barnett's book is the decisive effect of individual human character on history. Card Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 24 Cm. Heavy Book Over 500gms. Hodder & Stoughton London hardcover
197249024Eyre Methuen and Macmillan 1972-2001. 4 vols. 8vo. First Edition endpaper maps in first volume plates in third volume small contemporary signature on front free endpaper of first volume several signatures on front free endpaper of third volume; cloth black/red/black/black respectively backstrips lettered in gilt first two volumes and silver third and fourth volumes red endpapers third and fourth volumes a very good bright clean set in unclipped dustwrapper wrapper of first volume moderately age-soiled and with tape repairs at backstrip and corners. The set comprises: The Collapse of British Power 1972; The Audit of War. The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation 1986; The Lost Victory. British Dreams British Realities 1945-1950 1995; The Verdict of Peace. Britain between her Yesterday and her Future 2001. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Eyre Methuen [and] Macmillan, hardcover
197251207Eyre Methuen 1972. 8vo. First Edition with endpaper maps in first volume; black cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter mildly sunned at backstrip and frayed at extremities. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO FIELD-MARSHAL SIR CLAUDE AUCHINLECK WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT COPY OF A VERY SCARCE WORK. Eyre Methuen, hardcover
197248861Eyre Methuen and Macmillan 1972-2001. 4 vols. 8vo. First Edition endpaper maps in first volume plates in third volume; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco sides with gilt frame borders backs with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt tops hand-made endpapers ribbon markers an elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The set comprises: The Collapse of British Power 1972; The Audit of War. The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation 1986; The Lost Victory. British Dreams British Realities 1945-1950 1995; The Verdict of Peace. Britain between her Yesterday and her Future 2001. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE. Eyre Methuen [and] Macmillan, hardcover
