Crisis in the Desert May-July 1942 (1952)

Agar-Hamilton, J A I and L C F Turner

Description:

"Prepared by the Union War Histories Section of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa . . . this book is concerned with the most critical phase of the campaign in the Western Desert . . . [Its sources include] the War Diaries of the principal German formations in the Western Desert, and the most secret signals of the Panzerarmee Headquarters, together with statements by many leading officers on either side."

Blue cloth-boards, gilt to spine, plain endpapers, xiii + 368 pp of text, appendixes and index + frontispiece and other inserted plates not listed in the contents pages + 15 inserted folding maps + 22 sketch maps in the text.

This excellent, tightly bound, unmarked copy with as-new covers would have been rated fine if the first four leaves and the fore-edge were not foxed.

Details:

• Publisher: Oxford
• Publisher Place: Cape Town, London, New York
• Date of Publication: 1952
• Edition: First
• Jacket Condition: No jacket
• Binding Condition: Very Good
• Overall Condition: Very Good
• Size: 255 x 170 x 35

• Lot No: 113
• Hammer Price: $50
• Bids: 1
• Visits: 19
• Estimate: $100
• Reserve: $50

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