Men Under Fire by Thompson (11 results)

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Red cloth boards with lettering. Signed by the author with dedication to title page. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 160p. War correspondent's reports from NW Europe 1944-45. Very Good/Fair copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Thompson was war correspondent with the Sunday Times during the Second World War, here he collects his choice of his dispatches. 160pp. DJ has numerous open and closed tears to the edges.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Publication year suggested. Physical description; xi, 160 pages : 22 cm. Subjects; World War 1939-1945 Campaigns Western Front. World War 1939-1945 Personal narratives British. R. W. Thompson. War correspondent dispatches. WWII Western Front. Macdonald & Co. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Publication year suggested. Physical description; xi, 160 pages : 22 cm. Subjects; World War 1939-1945 Campaigns Western Front. World War 1939-1945 Personal narratives British. R. W. Thompson. War correspondent dispatches. WWII Western Front. Macdonald & Co. 1 Kg.…

1st edition dust jacket Very Good octavo 160pp, A selection of the Sunday Times War Correspondent's despatches. He landed in Normandy on 18 August 1944 & accompanied the Allied armies to Germany & the surrender at Luneberg Heath. Very good copy in rather chipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. With a letter and dedication from the author's brother. Dust jacket worn. English.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Some separation of board cover from early pages. Handwritten previous ownership information on frontispiece.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Good to Very Good condition, in a dustjacket with wear and tear to all edges. Becoming scarce. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.…

First edition. 160pp. Original publisher's red cloth boards, lettered in white, with the striking unclipped dust wrapper by Redgrave. Boards slightly bumped, wrapper torn and faded without major loss. Internally bright and clean, decorative endpapers showing warfare scenes from the London Illustrated News. Annotated throughout by Henry Williamson with his reactions to the text. Some passages marked in red pencil, highlighting his true feelings about the Holocaust, including striking through some passages entirely. Collected dispatches from R. W. Thompson, one of the few Second World War Correspondents with a 'roving commission', meaning he could travel freely behind Allied lines. Thompson has here collected his best dispatches for the Sunday Times in 1944-45, including the assault on Walcheren, the Rhine, the surrender on Luneburg Heath, and his report of Belsen on April 19*, four days after the liberation. Size: 8vo.…