Farrar-Hockley, A. H., - THE SOMME.Severn House, London, 1976, 60th anniversary edn., 224pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 12 in text maps, light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an authoritative study of one of the most protracted battles in history, from July to November 1916, tracing the events leading to and the planning and preparation for the battle, the crucial actions of Allied and German commanders and their subordinates in the battle, the controversial personalities of Haig, Rawlinson and Gough, and an analysis of the reasons for the success of the German defence, lightly bumped at lower tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper, GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 10.55 | JP¥ 1546] Book number 41057is offered by:
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