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Cassell & Co., 1963. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1963. First Published. 213 pages. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Some tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces.

Cassell & Co, 1963. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text. The dust jacket is complete but has faded markedly to the spine, b&w plates, maps, x + 213pp.

Cassell, 1963-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Cassell 1963 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm minor shelf wear to dust jacket, pricew clipped.

Cassell,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly sunned dustwrapper. Detailed account of a notably under-written theatre of WWI. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.110.

London: Cassell, 1963. First UK edition. HC w DJ. PC NF/VG+. Red cloth, gilt spine bright, light shelfwear, clean, binding sound. Unclipped DJ (25- net) lightly edgeworn heaviest to spine tips, in protector. B/W photo illustrations + maps. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.

London: Cassell. Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. "Examines a campaign which was almost as great a fiasco as much of the grim activity on the Western Front of WWI. The Allied conquest of German East Africa proved a desperate and outlandish struggle. The story abounds in disastrous misunderstandings and stupid underestimations alongside fine feats of heroism and endurance in the face of physical suffering, disease, lack of water, and impenetrable country; tales of old-world courtesy, of an inland naval battle, of incredible marches, ludicrous situations and abject misery. Shows how the war in 'German East' was one of the most fascinating and unusual campaigns of the century. An uncle of the author died of blackwater fever while campaigning in German East, and other of his relatives also died in this disease-ridden 'side-show' of the First World War." - dust jacket. x, 213 pages. Bibliography, index, maps, black and white photographic… Read More