penguin Books , London, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Small Octavo. 576 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Edges browned slightly. The spine shows no crease marks. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This concluding volume brings readers up to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. "Morris has written an unorthodox masterpiece...[a] book filled with superb studies of battles, ceremonies, landscapes, confrontations and, above all, characters" (New York Times Book Review). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; British History; Britain/UK; 19th century; History. ISBN: 0140049282. ISBN/EAN: 9780140049282. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9578. . 9780140049282

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This concluding volume brings readers up to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. "Morris has written an unorthodox masterpiece...[a] book filled with superb studies of battles, ceremonies, landscapes, confrontations and, above all, characters" (New York Times Book Review). Index. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9578
Title: Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat
Author: Morris, James
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0140049282
ISBN 13: 9780140049282
Publisher: penguin Books
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1979
Keywords: BZDB137 british empire, retreat, loss of empire, war, churchill, history Military & Warfare; British History; Britain/UK; 19th century; History. ISBN: 0140049282 EAN: 9780140049282 Morris, James Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat

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