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Greek Entanglement
by MYERS, Brigadier E. C. W. [Eddie; Edmund Charles Wolf]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 289. Frontis. group portrait photograph. Illustrated with b&w photo reproductions on coated paper, and one map. Blue cloth, titles in orange on the spine. Crisp and square, binding tight, very light foxing to the fore edge. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket unclipped: short closed tear at the spine head, edges gently rubbed and light scuffs, spine unfaded. Brigadier Myers' memoirs of his experiences in occupied Greece 1942-43, written immediately after the war but published ten years later. This is a detailed and vivid account of leading sabotage missions and attempts to coordinate ELAS and EDES factions of the Greek guerrilla (andarte) resistance and avert civil war.
Handsome type and printing by Richard Clay and Company. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7924
- Title
- Greek Entanglement
- Author
- MYERS, Brigadier E. C. W. [Eddie; Edmund Charles Wolf]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
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