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Perry Peter J.

An Extraordinary Commission. The Story of a Journey through Europe's Disaster. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

[Privately Printed, 1997

40.25 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1997
Author
Perry Peter J.
Publishers
[Privately Printed
Keyword
military, ww2, berlin, charlottenburg, peter j. perry, military, wwii, general, an, extraordinary, commission
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, facsimiles in the text, pictorial front endpapers and rear endpaper map; ivory cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fascinating record of the author's war experience, beginning with escape from Hitler's Germany, enlistment in the Pioneer Corps, commission in the Royal Fusiliers, and posting to Charlottenburg (his birthplace) as Food and Transport Officer during the immediate post-war period. Extremely scarce.
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