The Final Thrust: the Ninth Infantry Division in Germany, September 1944 to May 1945 - a History

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 73 pages; [1945] Printed for the Ninth Division by F. Bruckmann, Munich. Octavo HC (22 cm). 73 pp. Bound in original textured gray paper-covered flexible boards with a simple directional graphic to front cover and spine unlettered, as issued. Binding sound and contents complete, including the large folding color map at rear. Hinges tender, with light shelf rubbing and wear to paper-covered edges, mild soiling to covers, and slight outward splaying of boards at fore edge. Light foxing to title page. Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs, drawings, maps, and graphic embellishmecampaigns from the German frontier through the surrender. The inexpensive wartime and immediate postwar production materials have left surviving copies particularly susceptible to wear and deterioration. A fragile production, here worn but sound, complete, and internally clean. G++.