Publicado por Raupo Books / Penguin 2008, 2008
Librería: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nueva Zelanda
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Super octavo, dark brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, black eps, 528pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine.
Publicado por Raupo / Penguin Group 2008, 2008
Librería: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nueva Zelanda
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
SIGNATURE OF BRIGADIER R. J. ANDREWS (COLONEL COMMANDANT OF THE REGIMENT), super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 528pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & surface loss to extrems with some minor discolouration also, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chafing).
Publicado por Raupo Books / Penguin, 2008
ISBN 10: 0790011417 ISBN 13: 9780790011417
Librería: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, Nueva Zelanda
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Gunners History of the Royal NZ Artillery Corps By Alan Henderson, David Green, Peter Cooke. Publisher: Raupo Books / Penguin 2008, First Edition. Near new hardback with jacket. Name to title page, slight edge-wear. 528 pages, illustrated. Gunners boast the longest uninterrupted history of any military unit in the New Zealand army. Commissioned by Defence, this handsomely illustrated work covers the experiences of the New Zealand gunners from the nineteenth-century, through two world wars, Korea and Vietnam to today's focus on UN peacekeeping duties. Wherever the New Zealand Army fought, the artillery corps provided vital fire support to infantry and other arms, and the text emphasizes the importance of the unit to the country's war effort as a whole. The book describes the shift from a purely coastal defence to the provision of an expeditionary force for overseas service, the professional hardcore, the part-time citizen-soldier and the increasing technical sophistication of gunners and their weaponry. The realities of war - tedious, tragic and comical - are enlivened by meticulous research and the memories of many individuals.