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19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment [Series Title: Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45]
by Sinclair, D. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington, New Zealand: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name and address on front endpaper. Some rubbing and fading and minor marks to cloth boards. Some rubbing to joints. Lacking the dust-jacket. ; xvi, 559, [1] pages + frontispiece + plates + 6 folding colour maps + 24 in-text maps. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 212 x 134mm. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Trentham; New Zealand to Egypt; Egypt; The Western Desert; Baggush Box; Helwan; Over to Macedonia; Campaign in Greece; Reorganisation on Crete; Airborne Invasion; Back to Egypt; The Division in the Desert; Baggush to Syria; Back to the Western Desert; Infantry into Armour; Egypt to Italy; Armour into Action; A New Year and a Fresh Front; Cassino Fortress; The Break-out into the Liri Valley; Rome and the Pursuit North; Back to the Adriatic Coast; Faenza to Trieste; Repatriation and Rehabilitation; Appendix I: Regimental History of 'Major', No. 1 Dog, 2 NZ Division; Appendix II: Tale of a Tank; Roll of Honour; Summary of Casualties; Honours and Awards; Commanding Officers; Index. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21496
- Title
- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment [Series Title: Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45]
- Author
- Sinclair, D. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs
- Place of Publication
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- World War II Military History WWII
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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