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REEMAN Douglas : The Volunteers

Hutchinson, London, 1985

ISBN 0091600707

8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. apart from single name in pen to fep is near fine condition in same DW, 280pp. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine

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REEMAN**, DOUGLAS: : THE VOLUNTEERS

LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1985.

ISBN 0091600707.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Colour pictorial wrap-around illustration by Edward Mortelmans; with minimal shelf-wear,negligible creasing to edges and no nicks or tears.There is a vertical laminate crease to spine/backstrip (production fault?).Top+fore-edges slightly aged as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean and the book is slightly cocked.Blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8- 280pp includes half+title pages. In 'The Volunteers' Reeman turns to the story of the men and women who served in the Royal Navy's Special Operations units, and who were as varied as the methods they used against the enemy in the Second World War.Carrying out lightning raids on hostile coasts and shipping, they became a navy within a navy,each of them hand-picked for individual skills,all of them courageous in their own individual ways. Nobody knew for certain if their small but deadly operations made a real impression on the conduct of the war,but they did their hazardous duty anyway, living often beyond hope,sometimes beyond mercy. This is a story about a handful of such people,their fears and their loves,of the resilience and vulnerability of youth at war at the time of the Sicilian and Italian invasions in 1943 and of D-Day in 1944.Some of them fought an endless fight against fear and doubt,some of them rejoiced in the demands of combat,many did not survive.Perhaps they had little in common except that they were all volunteers.See also rja1017,rja1298, rja1299,rja2081 and rja2082 for other REEMAN titles. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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