Sweet is War by Malcolm Munthe (8 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover, by Malcolm Munthe, Baring & Rogerson Books, ISBN 1900209012, 2000, 190 pages including Afterword, Near Fine (slight wear and creasing on front cover).

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates; x + 100; VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate burising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, prev bookseller's label pasted to ffep, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals); in d/w VG (light soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, some archival repairs, light tanning & foxing).

Hardback, 15x22.5cm, 185pp. Good condition (light wear; slightly cocked, creased spine; foxed page edges; offset at rear free endpaper) in good dustwrapper (general wear and scuff marks; chipped at head and foot of spine; numerous 0.5-1.5cm tears, with some minor associated loss).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. Malcolm Munthe's ' Sweet is War ' is a memoir that reads like a novel. He fought the Russians on the Finnish front, he was ' Red Horse' director of the resistance in Scandinavia and from the Headquarters of the covert operations in London where as a young major he moves out to prepare the ground for the invasion of Sicily, and the long, hard struggle to liberate Italy The boards and text block are all square, tight and clean. Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only.

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good octavo 185pp., frontis., b/w pls., Author fought as a guerilla in occupied Finland, Norway, North Africa & Sicily.

reprint chipped dust jacket Near Fine octavo 185pp., frontis., b/w pls., Author fought as a guerilla in occupied Finland, Norway, North Africa & Sicily.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 2nd printing (October 1954). 185pp. Near Fine/Near Fine copy, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (World War 2, WWII, European Theater) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.