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HARVEY, J.M. LEE: : D-DAY DODGER

LONDON.WILLIAM KIMBER & CO. LIMITED,1979.

ISBN 0718302869.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but possible removal of any,as ffe has been cut out and the dw/dj has a price-clip. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with bright,crisp red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Red titles lettering to spine/backstrip of dw/dj is inevitably sunned/faded to a pale yellow,black lettering unaffected.Top edges generally bright and clean,fore-edges with some minimal thumbing mark else bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-189pp [paginated] includes foreword,IX(9) chapters,'Song of the D-Day Dodgers - to tune of 'Lili Marlene',8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 4 blocks of 2pp apiece,between pp32/3, pp64/5,pp128/9 and pp160/1 respectively,a single b/w map (pp69),a select bibliography,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents+illus lists/ tables,and 2pp blanks at rear of the book. This edition is out-of-print as the publisher ceased trading mid 1980's. William Kimber himself,worked for Hutchinson for about 17 years before founding "William Kimber & Co" in 1950.It specialized in aviation, war memoirs,autobiographies and motor-racing titles until 1973 when "Haunted Cornwall" took off and the Ghost Stories became another specialty.The company was bought by Thorsons in 1988,and therefore ceased publishing under that name. William Kimber was purchased by Thorsons in 1988 and therefore ceased publishing under that name. Thorsons was purchased by William Collins in 1989.William Collins became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990, and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers.The name of William Kimber has not been used for publishing since that,making all previously published titles by them,out-of-print,under that name. The Italian Campaign was a bloody and desperate one,with its climax the controversial battle for Cassino in the spring of 1944.With the fall of the monasteery held by the Germans and dominating Cassino,the way was open for the Allies to liberate Rome,and despite bitter resistance from the Germans the rest of Italy. The author was a gunner throughout the campaign from the invasion of Sicily through to its succesful conclusion,when he was posted to Greece.In straightforward soldier's style he writes of his time in the desert,the appaling casualties his battery suffered at Reggio di Calabria,of his time on Monte Trocchio at a forward wireless post under constant shelling,of the horrors of the final bombardment at Cassino.He also writes of the barrack room humour,of the camaraderie between the soldiers which was all they could cling to for survival in the mounting horror of the conditions they were facing.He places the horror,the fear and the hideousness of war in juxtaposition to the serenity and moving beauty of the Italian countryside; the horrors he faced are described not for the sake of sensationalism but because that is how things were - for the so-called 'D-Day Dodgers' whom rumour had it were living on the fleshpots of Italy while others fought in France. This is a vivid and striking memoir,which encapsulates not only a unique account of the Italian campaign but the whole life of a typical British Tommy. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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