From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
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AbeBooks Seller since 06 June 2002
About this Item
Previous owner's inscription. 15mm chip at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 255, [1 (blank)] pages + 14 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. Maps on endpapers. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 199 x 133mm. Military history, World War Two. "This is the true story of the smallest and strangest campaign of the whole war. It took place on the north-east coast of Greenland, 600 miles beyond the Arctic Circle, cut off from the rest of the world by the frozen sea for all but six weeks of the year, a land of great beauty and of peace undisturbed through the ages. [. . .] Foreseeing this, the Danish Governor of Greenland established the North-East Greenland Sledge Patrol. Its task was to patrol the coast by dog sledge and bring in the first possible news of any German landing, for communication to the British and Americans." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Eskimoness; Sabine Island; The Encounter; Author's Note. Seller Inventory # 24954
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Sledge Patrol
Publisher: Collins, London
Publication Date: 1957
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good-
Dust Jacket Condition: Good+
Edition: First Edition.
Store Description
Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, 271 High St, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: info@renaissancebooks.co.nz. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.
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