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West Coast Rare Books

West Coast Rare Books

Westport / Ireland

Young, The Story of the Staff College 1858 – 1958.

Young, The Story of the Staff College 1858 - 1958.

Young, F.W. (Editor). The Story of the Staff College 1858 – 1958. First Edition. Camberley, Surrey, Staff College, 1958. 21 x 13 cm. (8), 59 pages. With B&W Illustrations. With a small unsigned letter from the librarian of the staff college. Original red cloth with gilt decorations and titles on spine and front board. In original plain white dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Some wear to dust jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Provenance: From the Library of Sir Alan Francis Brooke, Field Marshal Alanbrooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke.
Between WW1 and 2 Alanbrooke was a lecturer at the Staff College in Camberley, Surrey, where he met and worked with many of the officers who became military leaders during WW2.

Our price: EUR 30,-- 

Young, The Story of the Staff College 1858 - 1958.
Young, The Story of the Staff College 1858 - 1958.
Young, The Story of the Staff College 1858 - 1958.
Young, The Story of the Staff College 1858 - 1958.
Young, The Story of the Staff College 1858 - 1958.

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