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A History of the S.A.S. Regiment
by Strawson, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0436499924
- ISBN 13
- 9780436499920
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1984* Publisher: Secker & Warburg (Not Guild Publishing.)* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Text illustrated dust wrapper, author?s b/w photo to rear. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price on publishers label of £12.95 . Slight shelf wear to top edge and to head & tail of spine. Slight scratches and one crease to back of jacket with 5mm tear to lower edge. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: 4 x 8 pp blocks of b/w photos, and line drawn maps within text throughout.* Pages: 248 pp. text. lxv pp. appendices & index at rear.* Description: Major General John Strawson is especially qualified to write this book, the first truly comprehensive history of the SAS. Not only does he know the Regiment first hand and has talked to many past and present members, but his life as a soldier and writer has enabled him lucidly to show how this youngest of all Regiments has had so profound an effect on the British Army and the whole world.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition, 1st. impression, with minor dust jacket faults reducing it to VG*
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A book that discribes the life of Cleopatra.
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On Nov 20 2022, a reader said:
I really enjoyed this book and the style of the text! Interesting writing, I'd love to have one in a little better condition! Awesome read though I love the old style!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3894
- Title
- A History of the S.A.S. Regiment
- Author
- Strawson, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp..
- ISBN 10
- 0436499924
- ISBN 13
- 9780436499920
- Publisher
- Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London UK 328
- Date Published
- 1984-11-12
- Keywords
- Land forces & warfare, Military Science, Technology & Engineering / Military Science, Military History
- Size
- 23.4 x 16.2 x 3.2 cm
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