Slim (Field-Marshal Sir) Defeat into Victory
£150
London, Cassell, 1956.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Slim was commander of the 14th Army, which, in concert with American and Chinese forces, defeated the Imperial Japanese Army during the Burma Campaign. This work is widely regarded as a classic memoir of high command.
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Contemporary gift inscription and minor browning to front free endpaper; cloth slightly softened at head of spine; jacket price-clipped, overall a very good example.
Frontispiece and maps.
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