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Specially Employed: The Story of British Aid to French Patriots of the Resistance
Maurice J. Buckmaster
1952
The Batchworth Press : London
9" by 5.5"
200pp.
SUMMARY
The first edition copy of this autobiographical wartime account by Colonel Maurice J. Buckmaster.
First Edition,Illustrated,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 15.99
EU Postage: £ 13.99
European Postage: £ 14.99
Asia Postage: £ 18.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99
DESCRIPTION
In the publisher's original green cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, 9 double sided plates. Collated, complete.
A work by Maurice J. Buckmaster, the leader of the non-Gaulist French section F of Special Operations Executive, who was awarded the Croix de Guerre.
The volume provides an autobiographical account of Buckmaster's wartime experience.
Including sections such as 'Anxious Summer', 'Ben and Maxine', 'Communications', 'Briefing', 'Paris', and more.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original green cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. Light spotting and offsetting to free endpapers. Dust wrapper is very smart. Sunning to spine, with slight loss to the head and tail, and to flyleaf joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with very light spotting to the front and rear.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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