Search Results: Fiction -- War from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Hutchinson International Authors Limited, London, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. In original red paper boards, slightly darkened on the spine, and on the margins either side of the spine, and across the top of both front and rear boards. Slight yellowing of the edges of the pages. Previous owner's initials at the top of the front free end page. A story of choices, actions, consequences and denouement. "It is without question one of the most powerful, harrowing and revealing books on life under the Third Reich". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 391 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Fiction -- War; Inventory No: 0229755. .

Hutchinson of Australia, Richmond, Victoria, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Chris Mayger -- Dustwrapper. 285 pp., colour illustrated dustwrapper. shelf wear to top edge of the boards, and dustwrapper, small ( very small ) stain on top edge of book, otherwise clean tidy and tight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Chris Mayger -- Dustwrapper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- War; ISBN: 0091381509. ISBN/EAN: 9780091381509. Inventory No: 0203070. . 9780091381509

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: John Green -- Dust Jacket. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), by John Green, with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. From Balaclava to the Zulu War, from the famous charge to the relentless spears of the Impis, this is the story of a heroic cavalry officer, Colby Goff, attractive to women and dedicated to the glory of his regiment. In a great sweep of imperial history it shows how Colby grows from a callous youth, frightened in his first combat less by the thought of death than by the possibility of doing something wrong, to an experienced soldier well used to the habit of independent action. -- front fold over blurb. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Minor rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels.… Read More