War Diaries, 1939-1945 de Alanbrooke

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297607316 . Edited by Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman. Li, 763pp. Photos, index. World War II diaries of the British Chief of the Imperial General Staff, with his opinions and impressions of other military and civil leaders. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2001 Copy in green cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Upper board cover has very small nick at base. Jacket slightly creased along spine and edges. Diary extracts as front and rear end papers. Occasional light foxing to folio edges. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w plates. This is a heavy book and may require additional postage.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. None. Hardback. Good. Outline:- Alanbrooke was CIGS - Chief of the Imperial General Staff - for the greater part of the Second World War. He acted as mentor to Montgomery and military adviser to Churchill with whom he clashed. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff committee he also led for the British side in the bargaining and the brokering of the Grand Alliance notably during the great conferences with Roosevelt and Stalin and their retinue at CasablancaTeheran Malta and elsewhere. As CIGS Alanbrooke was indispensable to the British and the Allied war effort. The diaries were sanitised by Arthur Bryant for his two books he wrote with Alanbrooke. Unexpurgated says Danchev they are explosive. The American generals in particular come in for attack. Danchev proposes to centre his edition on the Second World War. Pre and post-war entries are to be reduced to a Prologue and Epilogue). John Keegan says they are the military equivalent of the Colville Diaries (Churchill`s private… Leer más

Weidenfeld &Nicolson, 2001. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1450grams, ISBN:0297607316

Weidenfeld &Nicolson, 2001. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1450grams, ISBN:0297607316

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. Second Impression. Green Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. Illustrated. Type: Z 763pp. A super copy. Illustrated with several b/w photographic plates. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Fresh and clean. Dust wrapper not price clipped with slight creasing to the head and tail of the spine of the wrapper. No niks or tears. Clean and tight. A near fine copy.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Strip of sunning to the join of the upper dust wrapper panel, a decent copy otherwise.. Hardback. Physically 9½” x 6½” (1.8 kg); (li) 763pp; Index; Includes: List of Dramatis personae; Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Photographic lining papers; ISBN: 0-2976-0731-6 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully 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 my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199313|| Condition: