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Hardcover. Reprint edition. Good +/No Jacket (16357) 1943 US printing on Macmillan. No dust jacket. Lightly rubbed boards. . 155.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1943
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Hard cover. xiii p., 155 p. 21 cm. B&W Illustrations, Maps, Plates. Black cloth covered boards, red logo. Non-fiction: World War II operations of members from 3 branches of the Great Britain forces. The accounts begin 27th December, 1941, in a Norwegian fjord. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Minor edge wear. Bookplate. 0 0.0.
Published by New York : The Macmillan Company, 1943., 1943
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 2nd printing; xiii pp., 1 l., 155 p. illus. (maps) plates (1 double) 21 cm. ; LCCN: 43-51183 ; OCLC: 964330 ; blue cloth with red decorations and lettering ; pencil mark at end of foreword ; name on front ep ; foxing ; several photographs of mostly British engagements ; Contents: . To be known as commandos. -- Training for attack. -- The steel hand from the sea. -- Destruction in their wake. -- The exploits of "Layforce" -- A stroke at the brain: the raid on Rommel. -- The significant adventure of Vaagso. -- Battle over the fjords. -- An experiment in radio-dislocation. -- Assault from the sea: St. Nazaire. -- The glorious rendezvous of H.M.S. "Campbeltown" -- "The commandos got cracking" -- The storming of Diego Suarez. -- Reconnaissance in force: Dieppe. -- The battery did not fire again. -- The Canadians go in. -- The battle of the sea-wall. -- The triumph in the air. -- "This majestic enterprise" -- To the day of assault. ; G. Book.
Published by New York ; The Macmillan Company, 1943., 1943
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xiii p., 1 leafl, 155 p. illus. (maps) plates (1 double) 21 cm. ; LCCN: 43-51183 ; LC: D756; Dewey: 940.542 ; OCLC: 964330 ; numerous photographs of troops in action ; maps ; "This is an astonishing, absolutely absorbing account of the accomplishments of those picked men from the Royal Navy, the British Army, and Roayl Air Force, who work with U.S. Rangers and others of the United Nations in the Commandos." ; Contents: To Be Known as Commandos -- Training for Attack -- TheSteel Hand from the Sea -- Destruction in Their Wake -- The Exploits of Layforce -- the Raid on Rommel -- The Significant Adventure of Vaagso -- Batde Over the Fjords -- The Commandos Got Cracking -- The Storming of Diego Suarez -- Dieppe -- The Battery Did Not Fire Again -- The Canadians Go In -- The Battle of the SeaWall -- The Triumph in the Air -- This Majestic Enterprise -- An Experiment in RadioDislocation -- St Nazaire -- The Glorious Rendezvous of H M S Campbeltown -- To the Day of Assault ; wartime paper exhibits foxing throughout ; name on endpaper ; minute wear to spine ; VG. Book.