Davies Trotsky (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 1st Edition. Spine, binding and cover all fine though boards and spine are faded. Corners slightly turning in, rear endpapers tanning a little. Contents otherwise clean and no inscription. 247 pages.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sole edition, 1952. Book size - c. 8.5 x 5.5 inches, pp. colour photo frontis + 247 + 8 b&w plates, 2 maps in the text, hardback in dustjacket. Book condition - Very Good ; contents clean, no foxing, light spotting of the fore-edge, ink gift inscription on the front flyleaf, inner hinges intact and binding firm ; publisher's green cloth with title in black on the spine ; all corners sound with no bending or creasing, all edges good, thin line of sunning along the top edges, back clean and back hinge intact, spine complete with ends a bit creased, spine colour a tad sunned but the title remains complete and clear, front hinge intact, front board clean. Dustjacket - Good ; fore-edge corners slighlty rubbed, fold-ins not rubbed, back a bit dusty with small central hole and top shows some creasing with closed tear (c. 4 cm) at top left corner (the dj. has had a few interior repairs/strengthening with archival tape), spine complete with ends showing rubbing and a little loss, spine sunned with loss of title, front clean with clear titles and illustrations ; dj. now in clear, removable, paper-backed cover. Please see photos for indications of condition and contents. In 1943, SOE (Special Operations Executive) increased the size of the mission to Albania. The new commander was Brigadier Davies of the Royal Ulster Rifles together with Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Nicholls as Chief of Staff. In a bitter Balkan winter, in a wild and mountainous country, with a handful of men and some bags of gold sovereigns, he attempted to band together the three main Albanian [resistance] parties and bring strong guerrilla forces against the Germans. The Albanians fought too hard among themselves to fight the Germans ; and finally, hunted by Germans and frustrated by the partisans, the mission was ambushed and became scattered. Brigadier Davies was severely wounded and captured, while Lieutenant Colonel Nicholls died of exposure and post-operative shock after leading the survivors to safety. Davies survived the war and died in 1951. (Information from Wikipedia and the dj inner flap.) . A good copy of an uncommon book in a scarce dustjacket.

Hardback. The story of the British Military mission to enemy-occupied Albania 1943-1944. 240pp, 16 plates 1952. *HSE 320: Written by the officer who led the mission. Rebound ex-library copy, worn but complete.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. :: A memoir by Brigadier 'Trotsky' Davies of the British military mission during WWII to build resistance in enemy-occupied Albania. :: Bound in publisher's green cloth, title, author, and publisher lettered upon spine in gold. Top textblock green. Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 220 x 147 millimeters). 247 pages. Condition: Near Fine, in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Book is in excellent shape, light shadow-toning on the endpapers, pages faintly age-toned. Dust jacket shows light shelf-wear, some tiny splits along the edges. Altogether beautiful copy.