assignment catastrophe von spears edward (23 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: ACCEPTABLE. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: ACCEPTABLE. Volume II only; 3323 clean, unmarked, tight pages with some creased corners and a few small instances of underlining; soiling on outer edges of textblock; cover is clean and sturdy with bumped upper corners; dust jacket has chips and tears and a tapped spine but is nicely wrapped in clear Brodart cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint . Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication 638 pages. Grey top page edges. There is gilt on the spine of the book. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and light marks. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Book Club Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 638 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 France. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. Great Britain Foreign relations France. 1 Kg.

Zustand: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Volume 2. Bookplate inside. (WWII, world war 2, military history).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First American Edition. New York: A. A. Wyn, Inc., (1955). First American Edition. 8vo. [xviii],333pp, Index. Maroon cloth. Book in fine condition, dj very good (short tears, few longer). Endpaper map, 19 photographs. Concluding volume of Major-General Spears' account of his mission in 1940 as Churchill's personal representative to the French government.; Illustrated; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 333 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1954). 333pp. NEAR FINE book; in VG dust jacket, two small closed tears to front top edge, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 638 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 638 pages. Dj worn. Text foxed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Small mark on title page. One page has not been properly cut. Dust jacket is in fair condition with significant damage to spine. Now in a protective plastic covering.

332 SS. 8°. OLn. mit OU. Exlibris. Gut. ".General Spears tells the full story of his mission as Sir Winston Churchill`s personal representative with the French Government in 1940." (Klappentext) Aufgrund der von der Europäischen Union erlassenen EPR-Handels-Erschwernisse kann in folgende Länder KEIN VERSAND mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Polen, Österreich, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien. * * * due to EPR-Restrictions NO SHIPPING to Austria, Bulgaria, Danmark, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia and Spain * * *. Sprache: Deutsch 990 gr.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. First edition 1954, Volume One Prelude to Dunkirk July 1939 - May 1940, Pages clean and bright, Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Dust jacket unclipped. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint & 1st. Dust Jacket: Yes. Unclipped. External Condition: The top and bottom of the spines and the corners are chipped. Some tears and creasing. Bright. Internal Condition: Both volumes are excellent and clean. There is a small inscription on the front endpaper of Volume 1. Author/Editor: Spears, Sir Edward L. Publisher: Heinemann. Year: 1955 & 1954. Edition: Reprint & 1st. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: Yes, B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 332 & 333. Keywords: The Fall Of France Volume II June 1940, Prelude To Dunkirk July 1939-May 1940 Volume I. The book for sale is the one in the photo. 1955 & 1954.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Condition Notes: A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper with abrasion to the top corners of both panels. Contents complete, clean and tight; Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8" x 5¼" (1 kg); pp 638; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs; Top edge dyed Blue; Maps (4); Maps to the lining papers; Frontispiece; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #188845 ||.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Ex library hardback no DJ., usual stamps/markings. Published in 1954 by Heinemann, London. Boards are worn, FEP removed. 6 of 9 illustrations intact & all maps ( front & back endpapers have the same general map of France & Belgium). As FEP removed the map is only available on rear endpapers. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 22B*.

8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with minor loss at extremities. Combines the author's two fine studies 'Prelude to Dunkirk' and 'The Fall of France' (first published in 1954) in a single volume. The dustwrapper reproduces Cundall's well-known painting of 'Dunkirk' in wrap-around format. Enser, p.170.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO60123917: 1954. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 332 + 333 pages. 2 tomes. Photos en noir et blanc en frontispices. Illustrés de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc, et de quelques cartes en noir et blanc dépliables, hors texte. Jaquettes manquantes. . . . Classification Dewey : 425-Grammaire anglaise.

Tela 1 ed. 310 páginas.

Zustand: Gut. 8°, 333 Seiten mit einigen Bildtafeln, Originalleinen mit farbig illustr. Originalumschlag dieser mit Gebrauchsspuren und ein Stempel auf Vorsatz sonst guter Zustand - 1954. H420 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Partial Dust Jacket Only. 8vos. pp.Vol.1.332. Vol.11. 333 Signed presentation copy inscription in Volume 1: "To George Earle from his friend the author E. Lewis Spears." Original publisher's cloth binding in cherry red, lettered gilt at spine. Loosely inserted partial dust jacket for Volume 11. Endpapers feature maps of France and Belgium. Frontispiece photograph of Major General Sir Edward L. Spears in uniform, and a black-and-white photograph of the devastation at Dunkirk. Black and white photographs and maps illustrate the text. Near very good. Very slight wear & slight marking of covers. Signedes.

Tela con sobrecubierta. Zustand: Bueno. 21x14 638 Tela con sobrecubierta Inglés Abr/16/9.

2 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with numerous plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper of second volume mildly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel and with one short closed tear. The set comprises: Vol. I: Prelude to Dunkirk (1954; fourth impression 1955); Vol. II: The Fall of France (first edition 1954). Bright set of first editions of the author's vividly written account of events in France immediately after Dunkirk. Enser, p.170.

First edition, the dedication copy, inscribed by the author on the title page "To Winston Churchill an unbirthday [sic] present sent with affection & respect by the author E. Louis Spears Nov. 54", to whom the book was dedicated with Churchill's permission. The Fall of France was published on 29 November, the day before Churchill's 80th birthday. Churchill reviewed the typescript prior to publication and wrote to Spears on 10 August 1954: "I think it is a very fine piece of work, fully up to the level of your other famous war chronicles. I am of course much obliged to you for all the far too flattering things you say about me. those were not such bad days to live through after all, and I shall always be grateful to you for the help you gave me" (Churchill Archives, CHAQ 2/2/31/98-99). However, Churchill turned down Spears's request for him to write a preface to the book, believing it would be regarded as controversial by the French (CHUR 2/199). Churchill and Spears were friends and colleagues for many years. "In 1915 Spears had met Winston Churchill, then out of office, on the western front. Churchill admired Spears's courage and ability and supported him against French and British jealousy and suspicion. With Churchill's encouragement, he stood for parliament as a National Liberal, becoming member for Loughborough in 1922, a seat he held until 1924, and following Churchill into the Conservative Party to sit for Carlisle from 1931 to 1945. In support of Churchill, Spears opposed the foreign policy of the Chamberlain government. He remained a firm Francophile. on 22 May 1940 Churchill, as prime minister, made Spears his personal representative to the doomed French government of Paul Reynaud. Horrified at the humiliation and defeatism of his beloved France, Spears left Bordeaux for London in an aeroplane on 17 June with de Gaulle, recently one of Reynaud's junior ministers. A myth grew, nurtured by Spears, that he had gathered the general up and led him to Churchill, thus creating the leader of the Free French. His vivid and personal account of the fall of France, Assignment to Catastrophe, was published in two volumes in 1954 [Volume I, Prelude to Dunkirk, was published on 14 June 1954]; while scathing about the embryonic spirit of Vichy, it is admiring of de Gaulle" (ODNB). Churchill is, of course, a central character throughout the book. We have handled another copy of this book, with an undated inscription from Spears to Churchill. This copy is the earlier - on 10 June 1955 Spears sent the other copy, noting, "I did send you this book on the day of publication, but, since it has gone astray, I am delighted to send you another copy. If there is a book you should have it is this one for its theme is that of your finest hour" (CHUR 2/199). Churchill's posthumous bookplate, and that of his son Randolph, are mounted to the front free endpaper verso. Zoller B299. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Cloth sunned and soiled, a little shaken, split at head of half-title in gutter: a good, well-read copy.