The Sledge Patrol
by Howarth, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Collins. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription. 15mm chip at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 255, [1 (blank)] pages + 14 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. Maps on endpapers. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 199 x 133mm. Military history, World War Two. "This is the true story of the smallest and strangest campaign of the whole war. It took place on the north-east coast of Greenland, 600 miles beyond the Arctic Circle, cut off from the rest of the world by the frozen sea for all but six weeks of the year, a land of great beauty and of peace undisturbed through the ages. [. . .] Foreseeing this, the Danish Governor of Greenland established the North-East Greenland Sledge Patrol. Its task was to patrol the coast by dog sledge and bring in the first possible news of any German landing, for communication to the British and Americans." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Eskimoness; Sabine Island; The Encounter; Author's Note. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24954
- Title
- The Sledge Patrol
- Author
- Howarth, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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