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Dehradun, India: Natraj Publishers. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/fine. Percival, very often cited as the scapegoat for the rapid British capitulation to the Japanese, gives his full and comprehensive account of why he and the 85,000 troops under his command couldn't cope. Very Good Hardback in a Fine Dust Jacket. Reprint. Originally published in 1946 312 pages. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia Apart from some tanning of the text block and the first page of the contents, the book looks new

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949. Jacket has chipping to the edges and some loss to corners of spine (2"). Rubbed bumped and price clipped, jacket has some moderate to heavy wear. period inscrip to flyleaf, front and rear endpapers foxed, pp in clean readable condition. Tight bind.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949, first printing. 8vo., x+336pp., illustrated with maps. Green cloth with gilt spine titles. Minor, light dust foxing on edges, offset toning to fly leaves, else very good plus, clean, bright, attractive. Front flap of dust jacket laid in. "The fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, was a great and unexpected blow both to Britain and to her Allies, a blow all the more unlooked-for because the defences of the island fortress had been generally believed to be impregnable. As a result, accusations against the military and civil leadership were immediately made, the greater part of them based on an almost total lack of detailed information. In this book, Lieutenant-General A. E. Percival, who was General Officer Commanding in Malaya from 1941 to 1942, has at last been able to present an authoritative account of the fighting in Malaya and of the events immediately leading… Read More