The Desert Rats. The History of the 7th Armoured Division 1938-1945 by Verney. Major-General G.L - 1954

London: Greenhill Books, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. With 16 pages of photographs and 21 maps.

London: Hutchinson, 1954. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Hutchinson, 1954, first printing. 8vo., 312pp., illus frontis, b/w plates, endpaper maps. Black cloth with red titles and cover design, top edge tinted red. Bottom corner of rear board cut off, wear on lower edges, mild toning to the paper. Very good otherwise in fair dust jacket with heavy loss at the spine. . 1st. Hard. Good/Fair. 8vo.

Arrow Books, London, 1957. Mass Market Paperback. Book Condition: Good. Moderate reading wear. Very clean interior..

Hutchinson and Co. Publishers Ltd , 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 312 pages. With a foreword by Field Marshal Sir John Harding. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is little shelf rubbed and a touch edge worn. A small chipped piece is missing from the spine panel. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hutchinson,, [1954]. 8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, plates and maps in the text, and endpaper maps in red; original black cloth, divisional emblem blocked in red on upper board, backstrip lettered in red, red top, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with closed tears repaired on inner surface. Published in the same month as the fist edition. Reasonably detailed history of the service (Middle East, Western Desert, Europe) of one of the most renowned allied armoured formations of WWII. Includes OOB, commanders and senior staff, and a fascinating account of the creation of the famous divisional emblem. Enser, p.35 ; Smith, p.273.

Hutchinson,, [1954]. 8vo., with frontispiece, plates and maps in the text, and endpaper maps in red; full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made clip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Reasonably detailed history of the service (Middle East, Western Desert, Europe) of one of the most renowned allied armoured formations of WWII. Includes OOB, commanders and senior staff, and a fascinating account of the creation of the famous divisional emblem. Enser, p.35 ; Smith, p.273.