A Drop Too Many [with] Nearly There. Some Memoirs. [Best Edition with First Edition] JOHN FROST'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

FROST Major-General John

Published by Buchan & Enright [and] Leo Cooper, [1982; 1991], 1982

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2 vols., 8vo., Best Edition; First Edition respectively, with plates and maps, first volume with faint tape-mark on free endpaper.; red cloth, backstrips lettered in silver and gilt respectively, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: A Drop Too Many (New and Enlarged Edition, 1982); Nearly There (1991). This best edition of the first volume includes three additional chapters. Frost commanded 2 Bn Parachute Regiment at 'the Bridge', not for the twenty-four hours for which the battalion was equipped but for three days and four nights against overwhelming odds. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Title
A Drop Too Many [with] Nearly There. Some Memoirs. [Best Edition with First Edition] JOHN FROST'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Author
FROST Major-General John
Publisher
Buchan & Enright [and] Leo Cooper, [1982; 1991]
Publication year
1982
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Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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Island Books

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