Book Details
| Author: | Swinton, Sir Ernest D.: |
| Title: | Over My Shoulder. |
| Published: | Oxford: George Ronald, 1951. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 21 - Biography |
| Description: | First edition. An autobiography of Sir Ernest Swinton - a brilliant soldier who is widely known as the originator of the tank. Includes accounts of his early days in India, the South African War and stories of the diplomatic missions in the United States during the Great War, & his visit to Nuremberg at Hitler's personal invitation. 282 pp + index. Frontispiece, & 13 other b/w photographic illustrations. A little light foxing on eps. Previous owner's inscription on fep. Green cloth boards. Gilt lettering on maroon background on spine. Small gilt illustration in bottom corner of front board. Overall condition VG+. In Good illustrated reinforced dust wrapper. |
| Book Number: | #2779 |
| Price: | € 31.75 |
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