Description

Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 222pp., Bibliographic References, Index. Illustrated with photographs and maps. First edition thius by this publisher. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-libris copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks. The story of the gruelling seven month battle from 22 July 1942. to 22 January 1943, the Buna campaign was bloddier than Guadalcanal and rightly became known as a ‘ghastly nightmare’ in Australian military history. A clean, square, unmarked copy in complete dust-jacket. ZNear fine in a near fine dust-jacket.