The Dardanelles
by Callwell, C. E. (Major-General Sir)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1924. Hardcover. Some fraying to cloth at head and tail of spine. 4mm loss of cloth at tail of spine. Fading to spine. Previous owner's signature "G A Pallin / Major F. A."; 1924 second US edition (the first edition was 1919). xiii, [3], 361, [1 (blank)] pages. 8 maps on 7 leaves within the pagination. (Map VIII is a small inset map on the same page as Map VII; Map I also has 2 small inset unnumbered maps.) Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions: 220 x 142mm. Military history, World War One. Contents: The Initiation of the Campaign; The Naval Attempt to Force the Dardanelles; The Organisation of the Military Expedition; The Military Problem Presented by the Dardanelles; The Landing; The Consolidation at Helles and Anzac; The General Strategical Situation Produced by the Landings; The First Three Months at Helles; The First Three Months at Anzac; Possibilities of Success; The Great Effort of Early August; The Close of the August Offensive; The Three Autumn Months; The Evauation of Anzac and Suvla; The Evacuation of Helles; Some Outstanding Lessons of the Campaign; Appendices. Series title: "Campaigns and Their Lessons". .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22788
- Title
- The Dardanelles
- Author
- Callwell, C. E. (Major-General Sir)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1924
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Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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