Physical description: 303p. : 1plan ; 21cm. Summary: A fast-moving, exciting novel which details the violent events of an October nightin Maraag, and explores the characters of those involved in a mutiny: men like Scobart, the tough experienced SWO; Smart and Lever, NCOs who fall foul of Gatley; the enigmatic Corporal Vinice; McCann, leader of the mutiny; and WAAF Officer Jane Roper, wife of the Adjudant at 87, who smuggles herself on to the relief force and finds herself curcially involved int the final bizarre and hair-raising climax. Subject: Fiction in English - 1945 - Texts. Thriller. War. Crisis. Genre: Fiction, Illustrated.
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Seller: Stephen Dadd, Ashford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. 303pp. HARDCOVER Very clean copy internally. No inscriptions. In lovelly clean VG d/w. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 51213/G-51
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Seller: The Old Bookshelf, Campbeltown, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A Near Fine First Edition hardcover in a very Near Fine unclipped dustjacket. Book is in clean navy boards, with sharp spine ends and corners. Internally, Hamish Hamilton compliments slip tucked in, no writing or stamps, unevenly tanned to the text-block edge, tanned and foxed to the upper text-block edge. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. Seller Inventory # 7645
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Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, edges slightly browned, otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0241106559. Seller Inventory # 25810
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 192 pages. Seller Inventory # 965au
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Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 303 pages. A thriller based around a 1944 mutiny by British soldiers in a Nile delta town of Marazag. Seller Inventory # 326917