I WAS AN EIGHTH ARMY SOLDIER by Crawford, Driver Robert John - 1944

London, UK: Victor Gollancz, 1944. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 86pp, central section of black and white photographic plates; fold out map in rear. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Lightly rubbed corners and spine ends. Stain at bottom corner; does not affect text block. Pages ageing. Endpapers tanning. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean and tight.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1944.. 2nd impression before publication. Collaboration beween Staff Officer Major John Dalgleish, a former Daily Express reporter and BBC Commentator, and Robert John Crawford, who met when the latter was driving him in England in 1943. Crawford's experiences first appeared in the British Army newspaper, Tiger News, where they created much interest among the troops. Pp.86, 8 black & white photo illustrations + folding map of the Western Desert and Cyrenaica to end, slight toning to pages. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

Gollancz, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. The jacket is torn and marked.Previous ownership inscription.Tanning.Well bound.Good copy.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Gollancz, 1944. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Folded map at rear. Blue cloth. Some specks to fore-edges. Dustwrapper torn/worn at spine. Fading to yellow background colour of dustwrapper. Presentable in new plastic overwrapper.