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MOOREHEAD, ALAN: : ECLIPSE

LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1945.

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG-. Handwritten,ink presentation inscrptn+date (9 Nov 1945) to reverse of half-title page,but no price-clip (12s. 6d.) to dw/dj.Colour pictorial artwork illustrated front panel+spine with black letters to both,a lightly grubbed white background with black lettered critics' reviews for author's 'African Trilogy' title to rear panel.An aged,external sellotape strip repair at head of spine,and similar sellotape repairs internally to dw/dj's upper+lower edges and also,to a closed tear at front gutter's fold/crease,all corner tips minimally rubbed,chipped.Top+ fore-edges lightly toned with age and with minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean - text body virtually foxing-free,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, generally sharp-cornered,publisher's red brick cloth boards/covers with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters and publisher's device,the head of spine with portion of sunning under corresponding repaired tear to dw/dj,slight sunning to corresponding spot of top,front board where gutter tear and folded crease exposed the board beneath,before dw/dj repair; clean b/w regional map illustrated endpapers,and both hinges solid and sound without any splits,tears or cracking.Any discolouration and imperfections commensurate with book's age.UK,8vo HB+ repaired dw/dj,1st edn,5-255pp [paginated] includes contents list/table with maps list/table to its reverse,author foreword, 4 sections comprising 4,9,4 and 3 chapters respectively,endpaper diagramatic b/w maps (Europe,Germany sequentially),6 other contemporary b/w photographic maps interspersed throughout the text and the book,and a b/w facsimile photograph of Instrument of Surrender,plus [unpaginated] inscribed half-title,and title page with dedication to reverse. War correspondent Alan Moorehead's narration of Allies 'OPERATION ECLIPSE' in WW2,to invade North-West Germany,in early May,1945.As a result of creditable Swedish intelligence reports stating Stalin's Red Army would go beyond the territorial terms agreed at the Yalta Conference in February 1945.Russia's target was Denmark,giving the Soviet Navy greater freedom of access to the Atlantic Ocean,since Russia's Atlantic fleet primarily used Murmansk in northern Russia and this was always ice-bound for many months in any given year.For Russia,occupation of Denmark would have brought huge military rewards - as long as the Allies were unwilling to challenge them. 'OPERATION ECLIPSE' was specifically the challenge to this threat. 'Eclipse' had three parts: The first was the occupation of Denmark to act as a clear sign to the Soviet authorities that the Allies were there to stay - as agreed at at Yalta.The second part of the operation was the taking of Kiel,a major base for the German Navy,and the securing of important scientific bases between the Danish border and Kiel.The third part was the taking of Wismar,which the Red Army had the right to take as part of the Yalta Agreement. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+repaired dw/dj,1st edn
Not SIGNED.