Hardback. Very Good. ISBN 0851125190 9780851125190 [GB]

Guinness Publishing, Date: 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, a very good tightly bound clean and unmarked copy in a very good pictorial dust wrapper, b&w illustrations, 220pp. 1992. Guinness Publishing ISBN 0851125190 9780851125190 [GB]

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[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]

Enfield: Guiness Publishing, Date: 1992 Copy in navy cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket very slightly creased along edges. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w illustrations and plates. Appears unread. 1992. Guiness Publishing ISBN 0851125190 9780851125190 [GB]

ISBN10: 0851125190, ISBN13: 9780851125190, [publisher: Guinness] Hardcover Arranged under a variety of topics such as "Women", "Weather", "The Best of Enemies" and "The Whims of War", this is a collection of military anecdotes drawn from a wide range of sources, from Plutarch to the 20th century, and from medieval chronicles to the American Civil War. The text is accompanied by illustrations and snapshots of men and women at war. The anecdotes include the American admiral who tried to order a lighthouse to change course; the shy young Allied pilot forced to disguise himself as a prostitute in a Paris brothel, to escape from the Gestapo; and the Irish sentry in the Napoleonic wars who was found keeping guard for both sides while the French sentry went to buy some brandy. 1992. First edition. A near fine copy only marked by a small spot to each of the top and fore edges. The d/w is unclipped and fine.
[York, WA, Australia] [Publication Year: 1992]

Enfield : Guinness, Date: 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 220p ; 24cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Military art and science History ; Anecdotes. Military operations History. Genre: text. 1992. Enfield : Guinness ISBN 0851125190 9780851125190 [IE]

Guinness Publishing 1992 Hard cover Vg in dw Other Topics-Diverse Subjects… A collection of military anecdotes from the "Ancients" to the 20th Century. Includes many famous characters including Wellington, Rommel, Napoleon and Frederick the Great as well as lesser military men from Basil the Bulgar Slayer, to Soviet Fighter Ace Lily Litvak, and the other General Lee. UL-XXXXXX. 224pp, 50 illustrations.