1992, ISBN: 9781855926066

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Tim Pearce,illustrated dw/dj; with negligib… Mehr…

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Tim Pearce,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - though some light scoring/indentations to upper wrap.Top+fore- edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,crisp,clean,publisher's original,plain burgundy cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-236pp [paginated] includes 29 chapters/sections,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication,contents list/table and 4pp blanks to rear.                                        'The Quiet Soldier' is a searching and,often,very funny account of the boys who'd like to do our dirty work.Less than ten in a hundred applicants are accepted by the Special Air Service,and yet in the era of the smart bomb and chemical warhead Adam Ballinger began to doubt whether a man in the regiment could explain,even to himself,why he was there.The quiet soldier wins by staying in the shadows, Ballinger imagined.Only later did he realize that so does the IRA., LONDON.CHAPMANS PUBLISHERS LTD.,1992.<

ISBN: 9781855926066

Hardback. Very Good.