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Hardcover, larger Royal Octavo bound in full genuine red gilt-stamped leather binding, with black and white photograph of ranked rows of Wehrmacht infantry affixed as paste-down to front cover. 424 pages (original Ospery edition, unverified for this Easton Press edition). Illustrated with photographs and maps, some color. Circa 2011, this is the first Easton Press edition of this title, originally published by Osprey Publishing, Oxford and produced utilizing the sheets from the original Osprey Publishing text blocks.. “The definitive work on Hitler’s war machine, charting its evolution from the formidable force which won stunning victories during the Blitzkrieg in 1940, to the hard campaigns it fought in the deserts of North Africa and the frozen wastelands of the Soviet Union to the eventual retreat to the Fatherland itself.” [from the dust-jacketed edition] Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding.: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Collector’s edition, a title “The definitive work on Hitler’s war machine, charting its evolution from the formidable force which won stunning victories during the Blitzkrieg in 1940, to the hard campaigns it fought in the deserts of North Africa and the frozen wastelands of the Soviet Union to the eventual retreat to the Fatherland itself.” [from the dust-jacketed edition] Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding.: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Collector’s edition, a title in the “Library of Military History”, customarily with Collector’s Notes and blank Easton Press book-plate laid-in loose – unverified as book unopened and still in original shrink wrap. An extremely scarce Easton Press title, difficult to source, especially in this condition. A pristine copy, gift quality, new is shrink wrap.