The Flames of Calais. A Soldier’s Battle 1940
NEAVE, Airey
NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Published: Hodder & Stoughton, [1972]
Stock code: 48256
Price: £60.00
8vo., First Edition, with plates and full-page maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, top lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Detailed and moving account of the fateful (and costly) battle which made possible the evacuation of the BEF from Dunkirk. Neave served in the action before achieving a 'home run' from Colditz. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.92.