MALTA CONVOYS 1940-1943
Published by John Murray (publishers) Ltd.. 1st. 2000
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. From the day Mussolini's Italy declared war on Britain in June 1940, the island of Malta was under siege. Its strategic importance was obvious to both sides, standing as it did in the central Mediterranean, athwart the supply route between Italy and the Axis armies in North Africa. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. xx and 532 pages including index.
Top & tail of spine lightly bumped/shelf-worn. Lengthy gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is creased & scuffed, small mark to rear panel.
ISBN: 0719557534
Stock no. 1829118
