RMT: Official History of the 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies, 2 NZEF by Henderson, Jim - 1954

Wellington, NZ: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1954. Cloth. Good. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945. xv, 378 p., interspersed with maps and plates. 22 cm. 68 b&w illustrations, 18 maps, some in colour. Red cloth hardcover. Respined (unprofessionally) with original spine laid on. Light wear to edges and corners. Bookplate and ink date on front free endpaper. Topics: the First Desert Campaign; Greece; Crete; Sidi Rezegh; Tobruk; Teheran and Syria; Minqar Qaim; Alamein; Tripoli; Maadi; Italy; Cassino; Rome; Adriatic. Appendix, Roll of Honour, Honours and Awards, index.

Wellington, New Zealand: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs. Fair with no dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. This copy is in fair condition only, with dampstains to both boards, to margins of endpapers, and to frontispiece. Extensive staining to rear board. Some dampstains to margins of first few leaves and frontispiece, otherwise good internally. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Lacking the dust-jacket. ; xv, [1] , 378, [1] pages + frontispiece + 67 illustrations + 6 folding colour maps + 12 in-text maps. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 135mm. Contents: Foreword; The Beginning; First Desert Campaign; Greece; Crete; Escape; Towards the Frontier; Sidi Rezegh; Beyond Tobruk; To Teheran and Syria; Minqar Qaim; Alamein; Advance to Tripoli; The End in Africa; Mule Pack Company; To Maadi; To Italy; To Cassino; To Rome; To the Adriatic; Into 1945; Postscript; Appendix: First New Zealand Escape from Germany; Roll of… Read More

Wellington, New Zealand: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's rubber name stamp on front endpaper. Dust-jacket has a three 15mm tears to margins. Small adhesive tape stain at tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; xv, [1] , 378, [1], [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 67 illustrations + 6 folding colour maps + 12 in-text maps. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 214 x 134mm. Contents: Foreword; The Beginning; First Desert Campaign; Greece; Crete; Escape; Towards the Frontier; Sidi Rezegh; Beyond Tobruk; To Teheran and Syria; Minqar Qaim; Alamein; Advance to Tripoli; The End in Africa; Mule Pack Company; To Maadi; To Italy; To Cassino; To Rome; To the Adriatic; Into 1945; Postscript; Appendix: First New Zealand Escape from Germany; Roll of Honour; Honours and Awards; Index. [Reference: Bagnall H659] .