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Belleville, ON: Mika Publishing Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919303544 . Dust jacket scuffed with some edge wear, some soil on back panel of DJ ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 294 pages; "Colonel Strome Galloway, who commanded the Guards' 4th Battalion from 1955 to 1957 and was the first and last regimental lieutenant-colonel, believed that the disbanding of the Guards was a "political decision" by powerful "francophone" elements. "Our crime," Galloway wrote, "was that we were 'too British' in uniform and character to pass muster with the Francophone hierarchy which dominated the Defence Department at the time. The Unification program was the official excuse, but the program itself was partly a gimmick to 'Americanize' the Canadian forces and eliminate, as far as possible, the British traditions of the past." (Wikipedia) He served for…
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THE GENERAL WHO NEVER WAS.
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Belleville, Ontario: Mika, 1981. 295 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H). Ex-library. B&w photographs. A large part of the book focuses on the author's experiences with the Royal Canadian Regiment in Italy/Sicily during WWII. Contents: The General Speaks Out; Amateur Soldier Between the Wars; When England Stood Alone; Low Point at Dieppe; Drinking The King's Red Rum; Naked Bayonets at Stuka Farm; The Irish Brigade Fought On; "Down Doors!"; They Died in Sicily's Sunshine; The Point of The Arrow; The Gates of Hell; Vineyards of Death; The Road to Rome; A Holiday for Heroes; "Rimini by Noon!"; Rivers of Blood; In the Valley of The Po; Finally, The Siegfried Line; Soldier No More. Ex-libray copy with very small ink notation in the margin of pages 160 & 174, old tape residue on pastedowns and pocket removal marks/remnants on rear free endpaper, stamps on edges of text block, wrinkling and wear at top/bottom of spine and at corners, minor soiling. Dust jacket has light moderate wrinkling, old tape marks on inside surface, no label on spine, minor browning.. Hard Cover. Good reading copy only./Fair.
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- Date Published 1981
- Keywords Strome Galloway, Autobiography, Personal Reminiscences, Second World War, World War II, Royal Canadian Regiment, Italy, Ortona, Dieppe, Irish Brigade, Sicily, Rimini, Po, Siegfried Line, Canadian Army, Elgin Regiment, Guards, Liri Valley, Rome, Stuka Farm
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The General Who Never Was
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Belleville: ON: Mika Publishing Co., 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.295. b/w photos. inscribed: to Richard.John. on frontpiece. A Canadian Colonel of the Regiment of The Royal Canadian Regiment (1989-93) and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment of The Regiment of Canadian Guards (1967), he writes his story. This book has 2 d/j's.
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Belleville, On, Canada: Mika Publishing Company, 1981. Signed by author on reverse of fly-title page: "With Best Wishes, Ottawa, July '82". Slightly cocked, foxing on top and fore edge, else pages clean and binding firm. Overall, very good. DJ lightly rubbed, chipped and wrinkled along top and bottom edge, rubbed along folds, else good. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Belleville, ON: Mika Publishing. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919303544 . 295 pp. Photos. Spine, corners bumped. Usual library stamps and markings. Galloway's personal account of his military career. A much liked commander during the Second World War, he was referred by some as the best general that the Canadian Army never had in that conflict. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Belleville, ON: Mika Publishing. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919303544 . 295 pp. Photos. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has edgewear. Book slanted. Galloway's personal account of his military career. A much liked commander during the Second World War, he was referred by some as the best general that the Canadian Army never had in that conflict. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Mika, 1981., 1981. 295p. Photos. Lt 1934 in Elgin Regt, 1939 Royal Canadian Regiment in UK Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, NW Europe, Remained in Canadian Army till retired as Col. 1969. Jacket spine slightly sunned. Fine/Near Fine copy. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.
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