Isbn: 9780241100752 - the Anzacs (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition British. 1978, First Edition, Condition: Near fine Dust Jacket: Good This is the story of The Australian and New Zealand First World War Army Corp. This is an account from the perspective of the "working man" from Australia and New Zealand. "Patsy Adam-Smith read nearly 8,000 diaries and letters before writing The Anzacs." The dust jacket is price clipped. Wrapped in mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. First UK edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2 x 10 3/4". ix, 372pp. Fine in a very good price clipped dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected in a new mylar sleeve. The interior is clean and solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large heavyset book with brown boards and illust.unclipped jacket; A clean & unmarked a llittle cocked,slight rubbing on bottom covers and a little 'splot' on top page edges; Jacket is intact slight tear on back with overall edgewear; Fully illust.throughout by b/w photos; 372 pages with index; The full story of one of the world's most famous fighting units who made their name at Gallipoli in 1915.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Vg. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. First U.K. Edition. 372pp. Profusely illus. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good/Very Good.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This copy is in fine condition boundin publisher's original brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. There is a small book plate to the f.e.p. The unclipped dustwarapper is also in fine condition. Gallipoli was the final resting place for thousands of young Australians. Death struck so fast there was not time for escape or burial. And when Gallipoli was over there was the misery of the European Campaign. Patsy Adam-Smith read over 8000 diaries and letters to write her acclaimed best-seller about the First World War. Soldiers sought her out to tell her why they went, what they saw, and how they felt about that great holocaust. Their simple accounts are more vivid than any novel; the years have not dimmed their memories of lost comrades and the horrors of war. These are the extraordinary experiences of ordinary men - and they strike to the heart. Winner of the Age Book of the Year award when first published in 1978, The Anzacs remains unrivalled as the classic account of Australia's involvement in the First World War. Ref SS4. …