El Alamein to the River Sangro / Normandy to the Baltic
by Field Marshal, The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein [Bernard Law Montgomery]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Barrie & Jenkins in association with The Arcadia Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Boards in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, else internally clean. Nearly fifty illustrations. Index. Dust jacket has a small chip at upper right corner of front panel; price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. xiii, 421. Field Marshall Montgomery's accounts of his victorious campaigns during World War II. He commanded the Eighth Army from Aug 1942 until Dec 1943 and documents the march from Cairo along the north African shore, through Sicily, and far into Italy towards Rome. He then commanded the 21st Army Group from Jan 1944 until the German surrender in May 1945, and describes the planning and implementation of Operation Overlord, including D Day and the Battle of Normandy.
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- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004233
- Title
- El Alamein to the River Sangro / Normandy to the Baltic
- Author
- Field Marshal, The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein [Bernard Law Montgomery]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Barrie & Jenkins in association with The Arcadia Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- World War II, WWII, North Africa, Sicily, campaign, Battle of Normandy, D Day, Operation Overlord,
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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