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The Elite: The Story of the Rhodesian Special Air Service; [with] The Elite: Rhodesian Special Air Service Pictorial
by Cole, Barbara
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South Africa: Three Knights Publishing, 1986. Deluxe Signed Edition. Full leather. Fine. The deluxe limited editions of The Elite: The Story of the Rhodesian Special Air Service and The Elite: Pictorial, both signed by the author, Barbara Cole. Both with presentation signatures from American professional solider, Robert C. MacKenzie.. Octavo, [two volumes], [8], 449pp; [8], 168pp. Blue leather, titles in gilt on spine, Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS) emblem on the front cover. All edges gilt, blue endpapers. Both volumes with hundreds of illustrations and color photographs. Each in near fine cardboard slipcases. Matching limitation numbers in both volumes (441), with the signature of the author on the limitation page. A fine example of both works. The Rhodesian Special Air Service was formed in 1959 and served until the transition to Black majority rule in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1979. This work by Barbara Cole highlights their efforts to slow the progress of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) during the Rhodesian Bush War (also called the Zimbabwe War of Independence).
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- Title
- The Elite: The Story of the Rhodesian Special Air Service; [with] The Elite: Rhodesian Special Air Service Pictorial
- Author
- Cole, Barbara
- Illustrator
- The deluxe limited editions of The Elite: The Story of the Rhodesian Special Air Service and The Elite: Pictorial, both signed b
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Deluxe Signed Edition
- Publisher
- Three Knights Publishing
- Place of Publication
- South Africa
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- first edition Harold Macmillan, signed book Harold Macmillan, signed book prime minister, Winds of Change 1914-1939, The Blast of War 1939-1945, Tides of Fortune 1945-1955, Riding the Storm 1956-1959, Pointing the Way 1959-1961 and At the End of the
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