Private Army. IN FULL MOROCCO
Private Army. IN FULL MOROCCO | Rare and modern books | Peniakoff Lietenant-Colonel Vladimir ['Popski']
Rare and modern books
Peniakoff Lietenant-Colonel Vladimir ['Popski']
Jonathan Cape,
1950
Private Army. IN FULL MOROCCO
Private Army. IN FULL MOROCCO | Rare and modern books | Peniakoff Lietenant-Colonel Vladimir ['Popski']
Rare and modern books
Peniakoff Lietenant-Colonel Vladimir ['Popski']
Jonathan Cape,
1950
499.10 €
(Devon,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- 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.
