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Peniakoff Lietenant-Colonel Vladimir ['Popski']

Private Army. IN FULL MOROCCO

Jonathan Cape, 1950

499.10 €

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(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1950
Author
Peniakoff Lietenant-Colonel Vladimir ['Popski']
Publishers
Jonathan Cape
Keyword
mstock, military, ww2, wwii, western desert, north africa, popski, peniakoff, vladimir peniakoff
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 12 plates on 9 and 4 large folding maps coloured in outline; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. 'Popski's Private Army' was the smallest independent unit in the British Army, yet the success of its exploits behind enemy lines in the Western Desert was out of all proportion to its size. Enser, p.482.
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