Madrid! Madrid! - A Novel of the Spanish Civil War de Fisher, Alan E - 1980

London: Robert Hale, 1980. SIGNED BY AUTHOR with dedication and also, loosely inserted, is a letter to the recipient by the author. A near Fine copy (Fine apart from the dedication) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 192 pages. He had arrived in war-torn Madrid during the third, winter month of the siege, but he couldn't really make up his mind why he had come. General Franco's troops had fought their way into the suburbs and were only 17 blocks from the heart of the city. The icy wind of the Guadarrama Mountains swept the shell-scarred streets and made the old wound in his leg ache. And the doubt was there now, in the back of his mind. Maybe he was getting too old for his profession, and the odds were getting longer. Franco'splanes were faster and better than the ageing French machines that he and the other Internationals had to fly, defending the city. C3A. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.