ASSAULT DIVISION. A History of the 3rd Division from the Invastion of Normandy to the Surrender of Germany. by SCARFE, Norman

Hardback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

London: Collins. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is clean and fresh in black cloth boards with a touch of wear; gift inscription on half-title page. Protected unclipped dust jacket is slightly darkened, discreet tape repairs at top and bottom of spine and at corners. Photo illustrations. The story of the 3rd British Infantry Division in World War II. Map endpapers. 288 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

England: Collins. nice copy of original edition . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947.

Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Spellmount, 2006. NrF. 2006 New Edition. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, NORMAN SCARFE, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For ---- and ------- ------/With the author's best wishes/Norman Scarfe'. Originally published in 1947 this is a New Edition published in 2006. With New Foreword, Preface and Introdustion. xxix,221pp. The author Norman Scarfe (1923-2014) served in this military campaign. Illustrated with photographs and maps. A history of the 3rd Division from the Invasion of Normandy to the Surrender of Germany. With Appendixes, Glossary and Index. Light surface reading creasing to spine and front cover; else a near fine copy of a SCARCE 2006 new paperback edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Presentation Copy Inscibed And Signed By Autho. 2006 New Paperback Edition. Paperback. Near Fine.

Spellmount, Staplehurst,, [2004]. 8vo., Second Edition, with 35 plates on 24 and 7 maps (one double-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine coy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed updated and extended reissue of the scarce original edition of 1947. The British 3rd Division landed near Caen, linked up with the 6th Airborne and fought right through to the Surrender. Not recorded by Enser.

Spellmount, 2004. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Slight rubbing to edges of dust-jacket, now protected using removable clear wrap, otherwise in excellent condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.

Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2004. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. . Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (1 kg); (xvi) 288pp; Index; Preface by Michael Howard; Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps; Tables; Roll of honour; Glossary; Appendices (3); ISBN: 978-1-8622-7256-9 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #187257|| Condition:

UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Frontispiece, black/white photographic plates, line-maps, and map endpapers ('The Assault Beach' & 'Bremen - the Final Dispositions'). Near Very Good condition, with no inscriptions (particularly clean / bright, with the condition marked down due to a strip of browning where a bookmark was left inserted between pages 138/139). In original Very Good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price 12s 6d)."I had the great honour to command the 3rd Division in the early days of World War II. During those days the Division gained for itself a very fine reputation; it never failed to achieve what was required from it; it always stood firm as a rock in battle. This reputation was maintained in the campaign in North-West Europe from the assault on the beaches of Normandy until the capture of the City of Bremen; right up to the end of the war."

London: Collins, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/a. 288pp. (yellow spine) 8vo. sized. 1947. First edition. A very good, clean, tight copy in very good minus jacket. Original publisher's black boards - gilt embossed to the spine. The text supported by maps to the endpapers and a number of photographic reproductions. No inscriptions. Some spotting to the fore-edges slightly affecting the extreme margins of some pages. The jacket has not been price-clipped; it has dust soiling to the front panel and notable if not significanat spotting to the rear panel. There are several short tears and nicks that have been repaired by a former owner with what appears to be archival tape. A very good, clean, tight copy in a very good minus jacket.