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HART**, PETER: : FOOTSLOGGERS: AN INFANTRY BATTALION AT WAR 1939-45

LONDON.PROFILE BOOKS LTD.,2023.

ISBN 9781800810709.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,montage'd b/w photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with capitalised,glossy, embossed,blue-lettered part-title with capitalised,black-lettered sub-title and author's capitalised black-lettered name; a white spine/backstrip with flat printed  blue-lettered part-title,author's capitalised black-lettered name and publisher's capitalised initialled black letter of name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with white background with b/w thumbnaill illustration of regimental badge and 5 critics' black+blue lettered reviews for a previous title of author's ''Burning Steel'.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight clean,solid and sound – virtualy pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain grey cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked purple meatallic gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,a pale blue+white striped headband,and immaculate plain royal blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xii-xivpp+2-418pp [paginated]  includes a Preface,18 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs and thumbnail b/w portrait photographs in 1 block,between pp210/11,Acknowledgements, Picture Credits,Notes and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedicationa Contents list/table with first page of a double-page b/w mapItaly with 3 b/w inset maps,to its reverse.              Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there.And often,there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground.                                     In 'Footsloggers',Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with remaining members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry.These soldiers were ordinary men in an extraordinary war.From their ragtag beginnings to nerve-shredding close shaves, shelling and painful losses during the North African and Italian campaigns,the toll on each and every one of them was intense.The challenges of dealing with not just physical suffering,but mental anguish could be unbearable.                        Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy and Greece. This is a human look at the inhuman nature of war from the author of 'At Close Range' and 'Burning Steel.' The latest volume in Peter Hart's 'British Band of Brothers' series,combining gripping history with vivid eyewitness testimony,'Footsloggers' is a human lookk at the inhuman nature of war.                                      Please contact seller,because of the value of this item for correct,insured [where required] shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.   ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn.
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