Published by G. Bell under the direction of the Institution of the Royal Army Service Corps, London., 1955
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
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US$ 617.76
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Add to basketFirst edition. Royal octavo. pp xxii, 720. 4 colour plates, 77 monochrome plates on 48, 19 maps (6 double-page). Royal library binding of full dark blue morocco with raised bands, gilt rules, all edges gilt. Royal crest of George VI in gilt on front. Bound in at the front is a sheet printed with the words, ''From The Officers, Royal Army Service Corps to their Colonel-in-Chief''. The Colonel-in-Chief was Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.Fine.
Published by The Department of Information, Colombo. May 15,, 1945
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 171.60
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Add to basketFirst edition. Octavo. 28-page pamphlet concerned with the defeat of the Nazis and the ongoing war with Japan. Numerous illustrations from rather hazy photographs - a cheap production. Map on rear page. On the front page is the ownership inscription of Karen Else Seedorff who was the wife of Hans Hartvig Seedorff Pedersen, a poet and lyricist who in 1950 published a book on Ceylon.Small namestamp on last page. Some rubbing and spotting. Good. Rare.