Author: MACLEAN Fitzroy
Title: Eastern Approaches. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASE
Description: Jonathan Cape,, [1949]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 14 plates on 11 and 3 folding maps (2 coloured); handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. [SLIP-CASE NOT SHOWN IN IMAGE.] A classic of its time, recalling Maclean's Buchan-like experiences before and during WWII. Includes coverage of the Moscow State Trials, operating with LRDG in the Western Desert, kidnapping a general and being dropped in occupied Europe as Churchill's personal envoy to Tito. Enser, p.481

Keywords: military, ww2, wwii, western desert, russia, balkans, tito, maclean, fitzroy maclean


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