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pp. xiv, 222 + Plus plates. Text drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. NH 5
Features: Abdullahi's Quest - treachery and death in the East Africa Protectorate; Battle of the Dragons - I Know and Island, Part VIII - monstrous flesh-eating dragons of Komodo; Savage Vengeance - Japanese Pearl Fishers and Australian Aborigines; Terror Takes Over - an instalment of 'Manhunt in Green Hell' in the French Guiana jungle; Timber Wolves of Beaver Lake - Alford Harrison waged a ceaseless war on the killer wolves of British Columbia; Fugitives Adrift - a stolen whaleboat in the Cook Islands; Kesobo's Warning - An Indian senses a message from his father 150 miles distant; Maneater of Sirni - a giant crocodile in the Ghandak River; Hunting the Drug Smugglers - Drug Traffickers in Singapore and the chandu scourge; The Dead Carried Gold - a tale from the Isle of Anglesey in 1859; Yafouba Magic - a tale from the Ivory Coast; and more. Chips from backstrip. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
399 pages. "Leads the reader through the process of identifying, classifying and transforming pervasive patterns of negativity and resistance. A most useful and practical work for ordinary people and for professional people-helpers." - Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. Moderate wear. Remainder mark upon bottom edge else unmarked. Nice working copy. Book
Roy. 4to., Second Revised Edition, with illustrated title, 4 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and expanded edition of the splendid pictorial history based on a huge compilation of photographs from public and private records. First published in 1994, this is the book which began the 'new wave' of Arnhem unit photographic documentaries. As one would expect, about half the book is given over to the battalion's role in Operation MARKET. Includes battalion ROH, honours and awards, battalion roll for Arnhem, operation orders for MARKET and much other data. This edition includes more than 135 new photographs, minor corrections, additions to the Battalion ROH and detailed additions to the Battalion roll. Sutcliffe, p.293 (recording the first edition of 1994)
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title, 4 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, unevenly sunned dustwrapper. Splendid pictorial history based on a huge compilation of photographs from public and private records. As one would expect, about half the book is given over to the battalion's role in Operation MARKET. Includes battalion ROH, honours and awards, battalion roll for Arnhem, operation orders for MARKET and much other data. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p.293.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title, 4 full-page coloured maps and very numerous photographs in the text, large signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with two short closed tears and chipped at corners. SIGNED BY EASTWOOD ON HALF-TITLE. Splendid pictorial history based on a huge compilation of photographs from public and private sources. As one would expect, about half the book is given over the battalion's role in Operation MARKET. Includes battalion ROH, honours and awards, battalion roll for Arnhem, operational orders for MARKET and much other data. Sutcliffe, p.293
Book is very clean with a little shelf wear to covers only: one crease at back Very slight corner wear. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 142 pages, about 32 pages in full color on glossy paper, many in large format, the remaineder of this heavily illustrated book in b&w. Blakes pictures are presented on the same page together with the poetry and Biblical passages that inspired them.