Platt Sir William (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket has shelf wear and has been price clipped. Minor shelf wear on boards. Pictures available upon request.

Paper Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 10pp. No external cover, pages stapled & still well bound together, some rusting to staples. Interior in nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1966 1st ed. 248pp. illus. black cloth 8vo: Very Good in a near Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover. A history of the campaign against Italy in Eritrea, the first British land victory of World War II, written by Barker (1918-81), who was a junior officer in the East African theater of operations. General Platt (1885-1975) commanded British imperial forces invading Eritrea. The folding panorama of the Keren battlefield is present.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. CLEAN, UNMARKED COPY.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A focused regimental/force history of the Sudanese fighting formations within Britain's imperial military structure, issued during the late-colonial period. Jackson traces campaigns, training, and command personalities, with a foreword by General Sir William Plattan important figure in East African and Sudan operations during WWII. Collectible for Anglo-Egyptian Sudan studies, African military history, and British colonial warfare. Red cloth spine has a small horizontal tear an inch above the bottom, cover corners are bumped with some rubbing. See photos.…

Folio. (12 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches). Typescript. [1], 18, 20, 19, [3] leaves. Color folding map of central Africa, with additions in manuscript. Modern red morocco backed cloth. Provenance: Sir John Marriott (presentation inscription from Platt on the front endpaper) Unpublished typescript of three lectures given by the commander of the Sudan Defence Force during the East African Campaign. Platt's lectures, given in 1951, reviews the problems facing the British in East Africa in the years leading to 1940, and gives a very detailed account of the campaign against the Italians, the British victory and aftermath. This copy inscribed by Platt to Sir John Marriott, the commander of the 29th Indian Infantry during the campaign.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original illustrated red and cream card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8¼'' x 6¼''. Contains 48 (+ covers) printed pages of text with monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout. Ink message to the title page and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. SOUTH AFRICA (Zuid-Afrika).…

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