Tobruk and El Alamein (Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 1 (Army), Volume III
by Maughan, Barton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1966. Hardcover, large octavo bound in red cloth, in original red, non price-clipped dust-jacket. 854 pages. Index. Illustrated with photographs and sketch maps. First edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. Dust-jacket protected by acetate wrappers. The third volume of the army series of the official history of Australia in the Second World War. The present volume describes the 9th Australian Division's contribution in 1941-42 to the defeat in North Africa of the German and Italian Army commanded by Field Marshall Rommel. With areogramme laid in from widow of recently deceased veteran of the 2/13th infantry battalion, dated 1972. Addressed to another veteran of the North African campaign. But for small tape marks inside covers [from adhesion points of acetate covers] a clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Very good+ in a like dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012887
- Title
- Tobruk and El Alamein (Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 1 (Army), Volume III
- Author
- Maughan, Barton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Australian War Memorial
- Place of Publication
- Canberra
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- World War II, North African Campaign, Australian Army, Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Wrappers
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- Good+
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...