Infantry brigadier / Sir Howard Kippenberger ; with a foreword by Lord Freyberg
1949, First Edition. London : Oxford University Press. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, with torn dust-wrapper loosely inserted. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #479666
Physical description: x, 371 pages, [17] pages of plates : maps ; 22 cm. Contents: Infancy of a battalion -- Youth of a battalion -- Greece : the first action -- Greece : the withdrawal -- Greece : last days -- Crete -- Libya 1941 : opening moves -- Libya 1941 : Belhamed -- 5 Brigade : Western desert and Syria -- Return to battle : Minqar Qaim -- The stand at Alamein -- Ruweisat -- El Mreir -- The hard summer -- Munassib -- Alamein -- Pursuit -- Agheila Line and Nofilia -- Tripoli -- Medenine -- Left hook at Mareth -- Into Tunisia -- The end in Africa -- Italy : the Sangro -- The Orsogna battles -- Cassino. Subjects: Kippenberger, Howard Sir 1897-1957. New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force, 2nd. World War, 1939-1945 ; Personal narratives, New Zealand.
Price: €35.00