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Published by William Clowes, [1952], 1952
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 35 plates on 22 and 21 maps on 13 folders; blue cloth, divisional crest in gilt on upper cover, gilt back, a a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The famous West Country Division captured Mount Picon, the key to Normandy, forced the crossing of the Seine, were the first British troops to fight in Germany, and turned the tide in the Reichswald enabling the Allies to close with the Rhine. As part of Horrocks' 30 Corps, the division also took part in the headlong rush to Nijmegen in Operation GARDEN. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.77.