Douglas Haig
by Sixsmith, E.K.G
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0297771493
- ISBN 13
- 9780297771494
- Seller
-
Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 212pp. Biography of Field-Marshall Haig, the Commander-in-Chief in the First World War of the largest army ever put into the field by Britain and to command it in circumstances more difficult than any that have existed before or since. But Haig had many critics and the author, quoting extensively from Haig's correspondence, achieves a fair and balanced view of the abilities of this great military commander and a deep appreciation of his talents. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Godley Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003731
- Title
- Douglas Haig
- Author
- Sixsmith, E.K.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0297771493
- ISBN 13
- 9780297771494
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8.75 x 5.75 inches
- Keywords
- GREAT BRITAIN, HISTORY, World War 1, First World War, Boer War,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography - military;
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