Author: Ian Hay [Major General John Hay Beith]
Title: Malta Epic
Description: New York and London, D. Appleton-Century Company, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the British occupation and defense of Malta. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. A picture of the early days of the Second World War, focusing on the British occupation and defence of Malta as a vital crossroad of the Mediterranean. With details of the three historic sieges of the island. Written by Major General John Hay Beith, a British schoolmaster and soldier, best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. With a 1" closed tear to the head of the spine. Light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good.

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