Five Shillings Day Experiencing 1939 45 by Begg Richard Campbell Liddle Peter (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges including a small tear to spine top, now protected by book tape. Pages are sunned. Cover title: For Five Shillings a Day: ANZAC and Allies Fighting in the Second World War. The oral history of the British and Commonwealth forces 1939-45. Veterans from Army, RAFF and Navy reveal what it was like at the sharp end from 1939 to the Battle of Britain, the Desert War, the fall of Singapore, the Italian campaign, D-Day, to the occupation of Germany and the war in Burma, They include fighter pilots, nurses, gunners, tank crew, a destroyer captain, bomber crew, commandos, Chindits and paratroopers. Their experiences on land, sea, in the air and as prisoners of war, form a uniquely personal history. (back cover).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 464 pages; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2" Personal histories of World War II. Light wear to top spine and board edges; light foxing to page edges and some pages; jacket edges are lightly worn; inside jacket has some foxing; jacket in mylar sleeve.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Very Nice Copy small octavo 464pp., b/w plates, appends., index, A fine collection of accounts from the Battle of Britain, the Desert War, Fall of Singapore, Italian Campaign, D-Day, & the occupation of Germany.