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Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown Boards with gilt titles to spine, 240 x 165 mm approx. xx + 498 pp. 26 b/w portrait illustrations of subject on 20 plates + 15 line maps as called for. Undated - copyright 1989 No prior printing history stated. Written by a team of military historians and edited by Barnett the book records the character and careers of 26 of Hitler's Generals. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/VG+ (Book- no previous owner name or insc., no notable defects. Dust Jacket - non price clipped- cover £20 , 5mm approx-tear to bottom front corner. NB white spot to spine is a reflection from camera flash).

First edition in publisher's original grey hand stitched card wrap covers [soft back], black title and author lettering to the spine, deckle page edges. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Ruth's first attempt at writing, published when she was only 20 years of age. Contains 38 printed pages of poetry. Light foxing to the end papers, sun fading to the edges of the covers and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Loosely inserted are two folded typed poems on thin A4 paper, one called 'Our Poetry', the other called 'My Ethiop and I', neither of these poems are contained within the contents of the book. The first poem has a SIGNED message to the bottom of the sheet 'I send these as curiosities - not for illustrations. I'm sure it's harder to get even a cat's whisker into a poem, than into a drawing. However, this observation is probably sour grapes - Ruth.' Member of the P.B.F.A. POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES.

[2] + 170pp., 8vo. On 172 leaves, held together by a steel stud. In good condition, lightly aged, with discoloring to first leaf and the last seven leaves dogeared. The names of the crew are given on the first covering page, and the cast of characters (but not the names of the actors playing them) on the second. An interesting artefact, indicative of the continuing reassessment and reinterpretation of the works of one of Britain's great writers. While its production values met with some praise, Wadey's adaptation was not particularly well received, the introduction of 'Gothic novel fantasies' meeting with particular criticism. Katharine Schlesinger played Catherine Morland; Peter Firth, Henry Tilney; Robert Hardy, General Tilney; Googie Withers, Mrs. Allen; and Geoffrey Chater, Mr. Allen.