Malcom Munthe (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK. Book.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (boys, societies and clubs, england, great britain) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

First reprint. 8vo.pp.185 + black & white photographs. Some tears & chipping to dust wrapper now protected, minor foxing to foredges else good to very good. . Red cloth hardcover in original pictorial dust wrapper. A war memoir that reads like a novel. The book follows Munthe from his youth through the challenges of boot camp and into the volunteer battalions fighting the Russians on the Finnish front. It captures his experiences during the fall of Norway, his escape to neutral Sweden, and his work with the resistance against the Nazis in Scandinavia. The narrative extends to his involvement in covert operations in North Africa, preparing for the invasion of Sicily and the liberation of Italy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Malmö Sweden: Aktiebolaget Allhem, 1959, First Edition. Half leather binding, with gilt titles to the spine, terracotta calf leather with marbled boards, worn and rubbed, gilt raised bands, corners bumped and worn down to the board. Pagination: 428pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 12 inches tall (30cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, worn and rubbed with minor loss, marked and scratched. Joints good condition worn and rubbed, sound. Corners fair to good condition rubbed and worn through to the board. Boards good condition half leather with marbled paper covered boards, marked and worn. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition pictorial paste downs. End papers good condition pictorial end papers. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition some foxing and marks, tanned. Binding good condition attractive.