"I Was an Eighth Army Soldier"
by Driver Robert John Crawford, as narrated to Major John Dalgleish
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1944 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. World War II memoir which first appeared in the British ?army newspaper, 'Tiger News'. 86pp, illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs and fold out map, 'The Western Desert and Cyrenaica' to rear. Left hinge showing, top edges soiled, rest age-toned, stain and gift inscription dated 1944 to endpaper and slight marking to boards, otherwise fair/good copy. Map creased but intact..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013714
- Title
- "I Was an Eighth Army Soldier"
- Author
- Driver Robert John Crawford, as narrated to Major John Dalgleish
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- World Wars I and II;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.