NEAR EAST by BEATON Cecil

London: B. T. Batsford LTD.. Good; Aged stops inside the book. 1943. Hardack. 149 pages .

Batsford 1943. Lacks d/w, reprint. Super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

B. T. Batsford, 1943. First Edition Second Impression. Hardback. Very Good/Fair. 0x0x0. 150 pages illustrated. A VG copy with a neat previous owners name on the endpaper. Dust jacket is missing some pieces ( around 80% present and is now protected by removable mylar.

LONDON: B. T. BATSFORD LTD, 1943. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Boards rubbed and lightly marked, fore edge foxed. Clean throughout. Good.

London: B. T. Batsford, 1943. 1st. hardback. Very good, missing d/j, red cloth boards with yellow impressed titling on cover and spine (some sunning on edges and spine slightly cocked with bumping and rubbing); text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Beaton's account of his 3 months in the Near East taking photographs and collecting material for the British Air Ministry and Ministry of Information. Includes many b/w photographs

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1943. 150 pp. White endpapers, with previous owner's name and address on front paste-down endpaper. Red cloth with yellow titles. Spine and edges faded. VG+.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1943. 8vo. First edition. viii, 150 pp. Red cloth binding with yellow text to front and spine in a pictorial dustjacket (unclipped). Top edge red. Marking to edges of boards, with spotting to top edge of book. Damage to dj, which whilst bright has significant sections missing to the top of the spine and front panel. Foxing to fore-edge and to the prelims. With b&w plate illustrations. Includes ink inscriptions to front pastedown and contents page, and a letter inserted to the half title, all relating to the same owner and all dated 1943. . Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1943.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1943. Solid copy. Authors (and photographer) experiences during WWII in North Africa. Unmarked but for neat signature of former owner. Orange cloth with yellow lettering to spine and front board. Tight and square. Frontispiece is a photo of author in a tent on milatary phone. Price intact jacket has some chipping at spine ends but not large and not affecting design. In mylar. . Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Batsford, 1943T. hardcover. Acceptable. 2.5381 in x 22.8426 in x 15.2284 in. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. FOXING ON INSIDE COVER PAGE.

London : B.T. Batsford, 1943. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: previous owner's signature to ffep. Physical description: vii, 149 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes: Experiences of the author in the Near East prior to the fall of Tobruk and the retreat to El Alamein. Contents: The voyage out -- Cairo -- Alexandria -- The desert -- Return to Cairo -- Iran, Iraq, Syria and return to Egypt -- Lisbon. Subjects: Beaton, Cecil 1904-1980; World War, 1939-1945 ; Personal narratives, English; World War, 1939-1945 Middle East; Biography; History; Egypt.