Description

Hardcover in original black pictorial dust-jacket. 265pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs, sketch maps and map endpapers. First edition. 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. A biography of Austrailia’s first Lieutenant-General and first to command a corps in the British Army during World War I. His victories at Gaza, Beersheba and Damascus as the commander of the Australian Light Horse made him one of the most celebrated officiers of the desert campaign in North Africa. No previous ownership marks. Small label from “History Bookshop” affixed to lower half-title page. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. A scarce title in very nice condition. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket.