Assignment Catastrophe by Spears Edward (56 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. UK printing. VG/VG-. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Minimal wear to book. Small bookplate on the front pastedown. Text is clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Navy boards have rubbed edges. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 333 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Vol.II. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint . Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication 638 pages. Grey top page edges. There is gilt on the spine of the book. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and light marks. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condition: ACCEPTABLE. Dust Jacket Condition: ACCEPTABLE. Volume II only; 3323 clean, unmarked, tight pages with some creased corners and a few small instances of underlining; soiling on outer edges of textblock; cover is clean and sturdy with bumped upper corners; dust jacket has chips and tears and a tapped spine but is nicely wrapped in clear Brodart cover.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth boards, now lightly scuffed and dust-dulled. Corners lightly bumped; joints and endbands somewhat rubbed, with some minor tears. Small tear also to lower gutter of half-title and frontispiece, with the text block remaining bright and clean throughout. A well-preserved copy overall. Physical description; 333 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, plates ; 24 cm. Notes; Volume 2 of 2. Includes index. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France. France History German occupation, 1940-1945. World War, 1939-1945 France. Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940. Great Britain Foreign relations France. France Foreign relations Great Britain. Diplomats Great Britain Biography. Generals Great Britain Biography. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book has light wear to the edges and corners, and some very faint fading on the front cover that looks as if the title on the dust jacket has transferred over. A hint of faoxing can be seen on the top of the text block, leaving the copy in great shape. Well-bound with bright pages that are crisp and unmarked. The dust jacket has modertae wear to the edges and corners, including a half-inch chip at the bottom of the spine. Mild rubbing and smudging to covers, leaving the copy in good shape. Mostly crisp, holds color well and is now enclosed in an archival cover.

Book Club Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 638 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 France. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. Great Britain Foreign relations France. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Book cover & edge damp stained; else Good unmarked HB; DJ-Poor. [Vol 2 only].

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Prelude to Dunkirk, July, 1939 to May, 1940: Assignment to Catastrophe, V1. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. New York: A. A. Wyn, Inc., (1955). First American Edition. 8vo. [xviii],333pp, Index. Maroon cloth. Book in fine condition, dj very good (short tears, few longer). Endpaper map, 19 photographs. Concluding volume of Major-General Spears' account of his mission in 1940 as Churchill's personal representative to the French government.; Illustrated; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 333 pages.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth boards, now lightly scuffed and dust-dulled. Corners lightly bumped; joints and endbands somewhat rubbed, with some minor tears. Small tear also to lower gutter of half-title and frontispiece, with the text block remaining bright and clean throughout. A well-preserved copy overall. Physical description; 333 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, plates ; 24 cm. Notes; Volume 2 of 2. Includes index. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France. France History German occupation, 1940-1945. World War, 1939-1945 France. Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940. Great Britain Foreign relations France. France Foreign relations Great Britain. Diplomats Great Britain Biography. Generals Great Britain Biography. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Book Club Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 638 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 France. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. Great Britain Foreign relations France. 1 Kg.

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 332 pages. Volume I. Brown dust jacket with black lettering over red cloth. B&W frontispiece. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners, with large piece missing from rear panel and flap. Moderate tanning and soiling to DJ.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Volume 2. Bookplate inside. (WWII, world war 2, military history).

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Volume 1. (WWII, world war 2, military history) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 638 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 638 pages. Dj worn. Text foxed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st. 1st ed. 333p. Photos. Spears was Churchill's Representative to the French Government. Very Good/Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Small mark on title page. One page has not been properly cut. Dust jacket is in fair condition with significant damage to spine. Now in a protective plastic covering.

332 SS. 8°. OLn. mit OU. Exlibris. Gut. ".General Spears tells the full story of his mission as Sir Winston Churchill`s personal representative with the French Government in 1940." (Klappentext) Aufgrund der von der Europäischen Union erlassenen EPR-Handels-Erschwernisse kann in folgende Länder KEIN VERSAND mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Polen, Österreich, Rumänien, Dänemark, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien. Sollte eine deutsche Lieferadresse möglich sein, kann an diese aber problemlos geliefert werden! * * * due to EPR-Restrictions NO SHIPPING to Austria, Bulgaria, Danmark, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia and Spain * * * Sprache: Deutsch 990 gr.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. For 2 volumes complete. Mild shelfwear only, otherwise very nice.Text block good and sturdy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

1st ed. thus orig. cloth Nice Copy 8vo. 638pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, index, Compilation of Vol. I: Prelude to Dunkirk, July 1939-May 1940, Vol. II: The Fall of France June 1940.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. For 2 volumes complete. Mild shelfwear only, otherwise very nice.Text block good and sturdy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.