December 7, 1941 – The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor.
London, Harrap, 1988. 24 x 16 cm. XVI, 493 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some foxing.
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Operations of the Eighth Corps. Normandy to the Rhine. Field-Marshal Alanbrooke’s Copy. Account of Operations from Normany to the River Rhine.
First Edition. London, St. Clements Press, [1948] 24 x 15 cm. (4), 171 pages. With a frontispiece, few illustrations in text and threee coloured folding maps in rear pocket. Original grey cloth with red title on front board and spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear.Edges and end papers age darkened. Occassional mild foxing. Dust jacket with some edge wear and mild fraying to spine ends. Short closed tear to the back of the DJ. Now in archival jacket. With a tipped in printed card to ‘Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke… with the Compliments of the Members of the Officer’ Association H.Q.8-Corps’.
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History of 7th Armoured Division. June 1943 – July 1945.
First Edition. Germany, British Army of the Rhine, [1945]. 23 x 15 cm. (4), 171 pages with B&W photographs. Pocket on rear paste down contains a set of 11 folded maps, showing various battles and movements of the division during the second world war. Specially prepared grey textured cloth with gilt title on spine and front board. ‘Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke’ in gilt on front board. Yellow textured end papers and rear map pocket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small material loss to head of spine. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally as new.
EUR 495,-- Order
Kriegswende (1939 – 1943). Aus den Kriegstagebuechern des Feldmarschalls Lord Alanbrooke, Chef des Empire-Generalstabs.
Second Edition (Zweite Auflage). Duesseldorf, Droste Verlag, 1957. 22 x 14 cm. 717 pages, with B&W photographs. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt title on front board and spine. In original dust jacket, glassine wrapper and a small paper band around dust jacket. Now in protective archival jacket. Good condition. Binding damp stained and discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled and partly browned. With a gift inscription: ‘To Brookie with Love from [Buster?] 1960. This may complete your collection – it is perhaps fitting that its the German edition.’ Dust jacket age darkened and rubbed. Small paper losses to glassine wrapper. Internally clean.
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The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery.
First Edition. Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1957. 21 x 13 cm. xv, 417 pages. With photographs, drawings and maps (many folding). Original dark blue colth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Cloth binding seriously damp stained / discoloured (see image). Dust jacket dust dulled and showing some edgewear and mild fraying. Edges and end papers age darkened. Tipped in letter by Colonel J.F. Barrington, Honorary Secretary of the Mountain Artillery Dinner Club, to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. Internally in fine condition, bright and clean.
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Foundations of Victory.
First Edition. London, Collins, 1941. 18 x 12 cm. 192 pages. Original blue cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover in original decorated unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding faded. Dust dulled throughout. Gift inscription from the author to Sir Alan Brooke, dated 24 April 1941.
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Britain at War. Narrative of a Film Record.
Second and Enlarged Edition. London, MaxLove Publishing, 1948. 22 x 16 cm. xii, 66 pages. With colour and B&W Illustrations. Original cloth spine over papered boards. Hard Cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Small stain on front board. Rear hinge cracked. Inscribed by the author on half title page. Internally bright and clean.
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