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Unauthorized Action, Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid
by Villa, Brian Loring
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0195406796
- ISBN 13
- 9780195406795
- Seller
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About This Item
Toronto, Oxford, New York:: Oxford University Press, 1989. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket would be FINE but for one crease to upper corner of the front inner flap. No tears. No chips. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are crisp and clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 8 pages of photos. Two appendices. Has an extensive list of chapter notes/sources that fill 38 densely printed pages. Index. Bound in the original gilt-lettered blue boards. From the Dust Jacket: "One of the most memorable events of the Second World War took place on 19 August 1942, when the largest amphibious raiding force in modern history made its way across the English Channel towards the German-occupied French port of Dieppe. The result, a few hours later, was a disaster. That some 3,300 Canadian soldiers and officers should wait over two-and-a-half years for combat and then be killed, wounded, or captured in a single morning is one of the great tragedies of the Second World War... For more than forty-five years a cloud of mystery has hung over the event, which has seemed to defy all rational explanation. Why was it executed when it was known to court failure? Who was responsible? ...Brian Loring Villa answers these questions and casts new light on the horrendous affair..." First printing with complete number row (12345) on the copyright page. . First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket.. 8vo. xiii, 314pp..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Unauthorized Action, Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid
- Author
- Villa, Brian Loring
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition.
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0195406796
- ISBN 13
- 9780195406795
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Oxford, New York:
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- WW2. WWII. Louis Mountbatten, Earl (1900-1979). Canada.
- Size
- 8vo. xiii, 314pp.
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