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BORTHWICK, John - The Story of 79th Armoured Division - October 1942 - June 1945 - [With tipped-in dedication: To Mies and het family, who gave me a home when I was homeless and friendship when I most needed it. In love and gratitude John Borthwick - the author'] + loose inserted picture postcards etc.
[Hamburg], [July 1945]. 21 x 15 cm. 314 pp. Original cloth. Profusely illustrated in b/w, and maps partly colour & partly folding. - With loose inserted 2 picture postcards to Mies / Mme Mignot + Dinner invitation in typoscript in Dutch 'om 7.50 uur in 'A' Mess te spijzen' by Major-General Sir Percy C.S. Hobart - in envelope addresses: Mevrouw Mignot, Driehoek, Eindhoven + Change of address card by Mr. and Mrs. John Borthwick [dated1947] + Photograph of Mme Mignot by M.Koch - Photographie d'Art - Roermond. - Maria Mathea 'Mies' Schellens-Mignot (1918-1989) - 'The book was written by John (later Sir John) Borthwick, an old-Etonian who had been Sir Percy's ADC and later one of his senior staff officers. (Hobo was very fond of Borthwick, and thought the book well-written, considering it was by a man who had been 'uneducated at Eton'.) [...] - The book contains astonishing material: its text, maps, and data were assembled in very difficult circumstances but are as cool and comprehensive as though worked-on at leisure in a military college - or some university. - See: Unique 1945 Hamburg book: the 79th and 'Hobart's Funnies' by Richard D. North. - Good copy
EUR 175.00 [Appr.: US$ 189.69 | £UK 149.25 | JP¥ 29697] Booknumber: 28436
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EUR 175.00 [Appr.: US$ 189.69 | £UK 149.25 | JP¥ 29697] Booknumber: 28436
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Total: EUR 175.00 [Appr.: US$ 189.69 | £UK 149.25 | JP¥ 29697]
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| kAdeBoeken Nijverheidsweg Noord 90A, 3812 PN Amersfoort, The Netherlands Tel.: +31 (0)683349311 / +31 (0)612492525 Email: info@kadeboeken.nl |
- CONNAISSANCE DES ARTS N°293 du 01-07-1976 UNE REVELATION - LA COLLECTION CAMPANA. PLANTIN - IMPRIMEUR A ANVERS - ANDRE MASSON - HABITER HYDRA - HOMMAGES A LA FAYETTE - ART ISLAMIQUE A NEW YORK
Paris, , in-8. Condition: Etat moyen
EUR 5.00 [Appr.: US$ 5.42 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 848] Booknumber: A131172
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EUR 5.00 [Appr.: US$ 5.42 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 848] Booknumber: A131172
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Total: EUR 5 [Appr.: US$ 5.42 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 848]
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