The Second Twenty Fourth Australian Infantry Battalion
Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i-viii], ix, [x-xiv], 1-378 : 15 pages of photos including frontispiece : 10 maps : Illustrated endpapers : Blue linen covered boards with lettering in gilt : Gilt letering on spine : Illustrated red dust jacket with lettering in white.
Top edge lightly toned and a few minor fox marks to fore-edge : Foot of spine pushed : Boards very lightly marked : Some small marks on half-title page but otherwise clean throughout : Dust jacket has some ware around the edge with some toning and foxing to inside. Very good / good. Item #1641
Taken from jacket description - 'The story is told throughout in the words of memebers of the battalion who were participants in the fighting. Here are descriptions of the epic siege of Tobruk, and the victorious fighting at Tel el Eisa and Alamein in Allied Powers....This volume is a significant contribution to the history of the Australian soldier'.
Price: $200.00