OWEN David LloydMareMagnum
OWEN Lt.-Col. David LloydMareMagnum
The Desert My Dwelling Place. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Sir Gerald Templer. [Second Impression]. SECOND IMPRESSION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with plates and double-page map; red cloth, gilt back, small fade mark at head of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately creased and age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter with a few short closed tears and loss (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Published a month after the first edition. An SAS classic. In the war in North Africa, LRDG (Long Range Desert Group), forerunner of the SAS, won a reputation out of all proportion to its size and short existence. Lloyd Owen's classic account of Y2 Patrol is a key account. EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.251 (recording the first edition).
Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB95,54 €
