$231.00 NZD • Used
Foxing, heavy to page edges. No signatures. Fading to dust-jacket spine. A couple of 20mm tears to margins of dust-jacket. Some minor wormholes to rear panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-c...
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Foxing, heavy to page edges. No signatures. Fading to dust-jacket spine. A couple of 20mm tears to margins of dust-jacket. Some minor wormholes to rear panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 397, [1 (blank)] pages. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215mm x 130mm. New Zealand author. The author's second book, and second novel. "The action of this new novel by the author of Cliffs Of Fall takes place in Cairo and the Western Desert. The chief characters belong to the New Zealand Division, which played a notable part in the hard struggle of that period." - from the dust-jacket blurb. "This novel is set against the background of the war in the Middle East. It opens not long before the desert offensive of November, 1941, and ends shortly after the fall of Tunis and the return of 2 NZ Division to Cairo." - from the Author's Foreword. [Reference: Bagnall D153 - "Love and battle in Cairo and the Western Desert."] ;
Product Info
Publisher: Nicholson & Watson
Year: (1947)
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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Country: New Zealand