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Finest Hour, [When the Royal Airforce successfully responded to Hitler's first attack, the author tells the story of 1940 from historical records, diaries and letters and personal testimonies],
by Clayton, Tim, and Phil Craig,
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1999,. see description. first edition, large thick 8vo, x,418pp, 48 photographs on art paper, 3 maps, on the endpapers facsimiles of pages from Denis Wissler's 1940 pocket diary, publisher's boards, title gilt on spine, illustrated dw, signature on front free endpaper otherwise almost as new.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crouch Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92238
- Title
- Finest Hour, [When the Royal Airforce successfully responded to Hitler's first attack, the author tells the story of 1940 from historical records, diaries and letters and personal testimonies],
- Author
- Clayton, Tim, and Phil Craig,
- Format/Binding
- See description
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1999,
- Keywords
- Twentieth Century History, Espionage, Spy, Codes, Ciphers, World Wars, RAF, Battle of Britain,
Terms of Sale
Crouch Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Crouch Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Godalming, Surrey
About Crouch Rare Books
Out-of-print and antiquarian books and maps
Established 1970
Established 1970
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