Desert Rats, Signed (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine hardback*SIGNED AND DEDICATED BY PATRICK DELAFORCE*in fine un-clipped d/j.1994,1st edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Military memoir of a member of the 7th Armoured Division in the Second World War. Gift inscription from the author on half title o/w clean and sound throughout. All profits to Amnesty International. Signed by Author.

(Subject: World War II - Western Europe) When Montgomery took command prior to D-Day he gathered around him commanders and formations he knew and trusted and, not surprisingly, 7th Armoured Division was one of these. The author, who fought alongside the Desert Rats, describes the Division's battles from the beaches, the breakout battles (Goodwood and Bluecoat) and the liberation of Northern France and Belgium. After taking Ghent there were the long months fighting in the Netherlands before Operation Blackcock, the Rhine Crossing and the final advance into Germany, the capture of Hamburg and the Allies' triumphant entry into Berlin. This copy is signed by the author. (Published: 2010) (Publisher: Pen & Sword) (ISBN: 9781848841116) (Pagination: 200pp, numerous b/w photos, maps) (Condition: Like new in d/w. Signed by author) UL-XXXXXX.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. 1st Edition. 272pp. Map, plates, Tiny stain to fore-edge of front & rear endpapers. Signed by author on titke-page. Signed by Author(s).

Pearce, Nigel,1992,pp174 Signed by Nigel Pearce on title page. Original Black cloth cover with printed title page, original dust Jacket. Condition : Occasional markings in the margin of the pages. The cover has had heavy shelf-wear with bumping to corners and bottom and top of spine. The cloth colour, black, is still vibrant and the printing is intact with slightly frayed edges. The dust jacket condition; the dust jacket has little sunning with occasional marking on dust jacket as well a rip at the bottom of the front cover. he inside of the dust jacket contains markings. Other wise a good, clean, tight copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. blue soft card covers. Inscribed by the AUTHOR with dedication from Colin. a play set in 1942 / 1943 ACT 1-- a villa near the Wadi El Chebir, ACT 2-- the desert, ACT 3-- the tomb of a holy man outside Tripoli. yellow spine with typed pages on one side, 154 pp. good condition. very light creasing to some pages and tears to spine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy inscribed by the author on the title page and dated the year of publication. 8vo. xvi, 272pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with over fifty photographs and reproductions, including a number in colour. Tips of two corners gently bumped. A very good copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Heffers flier advertising a signing event by the author laid-in (he presumably inscribed this copy at that event). Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Softcover. 200pp., ills., maps, index. vgc, softcover. Signed presentation copy to General Pip" Roberts who commanded the 11th Armoured Division and was the youngest Divisional Commander, also Pip Roberts printed address tipped-in 0.0". Signed by Author(s).