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Title: Over my Shoulder. The Autobiography of Major-General Sir Ernest D Swinton. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Description: George Ronald, Oxford,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 13 plates and illustrations in the text; decorative green cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Perhaps most widely known as the originator of the tank, Swinton was not only a remarkable soldier but a successful author and diplomat. His autobiography (completed and published just after his death) provides a vivid description of a period long since passed away, including his service as an Irregular in the South Africa War and his diplomatic missions to the US after WWI. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

Keywords: military, boer war, south african war, ww1, tanks, armoured fighting vehicles, afvs, e.d. swinton, military, wwi, command memoirs, over, my, shoulder

Price: EUR 60.00 = appr. US$ 65.21 Seller: Island Books
- Book number: 7660

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