Eric lummis (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Quarto in a yellow DJ; xviii, 201 p: illus, maps, ports; 28 cm. Author signed, inscribed, and dated title page // World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy. A fine bright clean copy in a slightly sunned spine else near fine DJ First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Illus. , maps, jacket now in a clear protector. Text in both English and French, Normandie: a La Recherche De Sidney; 201 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Near Fine. Blurbs by Paul Fussell and John Keegan. Bilingual edition - English and French. Black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. "Review Copy Not for Re-Sale" stamped on paste-downs, else fine in a near fine (chipped along the top edge of the front flap) dust jacket.…

In Card Covers. Condición: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Softcover. Useful account drawn from personal experiences of veterans. c.40pp., photographs, excellent maps, appendices, Roll of honour, Officers serving on D-day. Name on cover ( British tour guide), small chip to rear cover, else vgc. Large format. Scarce.…

Hardcover. Condición: Excellent. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 201pp, about a kilo for post, numerous bw opics, publisher's stamp & name inside. The story, in short, is about Sidney Bates, a young corporal with the elite English unit, the Royal NorFolk regiment. During the battled folowing D-Day, he almost single-handedly fought back a large unit of SS Panzergrenadiers with a Brengun, thus preventing them from overrunning the headquarters. During this fighting, for which Sidney Bates earned the Victoria Cross, he got mortally wounded. About 40 years later, three WWII veterans, led by Tom Bates, went to Normandy to search for the battlefield where Sidney Bates fought his last fight. The author, Tom Bates now lives in California. British by birth, he served in the Burma campaign in World War ll. Much of his life in the last 20 years has been dedicated to Normandy, in France, where he has tirelessly ensured that memories are not forgotten and that well-placed monuments record for posterity the achievements of the hundreds of thousands of British servicemen who lived and often died in the liberatation of Europe. Size: 29cm. Book.…

Condición: Very Good. Softcover book . 35 pages A well illustrated account of the 1st Suffolk Battalion's D-day story with the landings and liberation of Colleville- Montgomery. A Very Good copy with some light handling wear and some rippling of pages. Pictures available.