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MOORE, MICHAEL: : BATTALION AT WAR: SINGAPORE 1942

UK.NORWICH,NORFOLK.GLIDDON BOOKS,1988.

ISBN 0947893113.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE. Neat, blue ink previous owner's name+ date to top of title page and price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,grey background with contemporary b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with black letters,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Head+foot minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to same.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged/toned,but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain dark blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate b/w map illustrated endpapers (eps).Slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,v-xvpp+1-164pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,maps/ photographs list/table,a dedication, acknowledgements,author's preface,an introduction,9 chapters+epilogue,32pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp42/3 and pp102/3 respectively,9 b/w maps interspersed throughout the text and book,appendices (7),biblio and an index.Plus,[unpaginated] half-title page,b/w map frntis,title page and 2pp blanks at rear. On a grey October day,in 1941,a convoy carrying the British 18th Division left the United Kingdom for the Middle East,in an attempt by the British Government to halt the German and Italian successes in North Africa.The Division consisted mainly of East Anglian Territorial battalions,who lacked both experience and equipment.They were freshly recruited from Cambridgeshire and the counties of Norfolk,Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.The East Anglian troops were accompanied by men of the Sherwood Foresters,Northumberland Fusiliers,the Loyal Regiment and men from the Home Counties. Instead of the Middle East being their destination,the men of the 18th Division found themselves pitched into the dense, humid jungles of Malaya and Singapore,to fight a vicious and ruthless enemy.In the darkness and damp of the heavy jungle foliage,their desert training was useless. With very little air support,and no experience of jungle-fighting,they found themselves fighting a bitter war for survival against the battle-hardened Japanese Imperial Guards and the 5th and 18th Divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army. Handicapped by their lack of experience, unused to the conditions and climate,and sacrificed by their Government in a conflict which was already lost,only one in three of those who fought against the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore survived.For the men of the British 18th Division,and for one battalion in particular,the 1st Cambridgeshires,there was untold glory,incredible courage and painful tragedy. This is their story. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.Free P+p available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

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

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