All over the Place Fifty Thousand Miles by Sea, Air, Road and Rail by Mackenzie, Compton - 1949

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good. 1949. Second Printing. Hardcover. From the foreword, "In the autumn of 1945 I was asked, in a letter signed by Major J. L. Shaw for the Historical Section of the Defence Department of the Government of India, to write for the general reader a history of the contribution India had made to victory in the Second World War." Ships same or next business day. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Black sharpie on copyright page. Spine is slightly skewed and loose. Moderate edge wear. Small bumps on bottom corners and spine ends. Faded on spine, lightly faded along head edge of back board. Back board is slightly curved. Light soiling and tanning to edges of pages. No dust jacket. ; B&W Photographs and Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages .