Editore: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. In October 1942 one of the most important battles in modern history was fought. For more than three years the Axis armies had seemed invincible. Now, in the Egyptian desert, they had been decisively beaten. The opening phase of the Second World War was over. The architect of this triumph was an almost unknown British general, Bernard Montgomery. Nigel Hamilton's award-winning three-volume official life, Monty, worked within the constraints of the time and circumstances under which it was written. Now, at last, he is able to present us with The Full Monty, based on new sources and a new interpretation of Monty's legendary ability to inspire young men on the field of battle. The story (the first of two volumes) is an extraordinarily rich and fascinating one revealing a withdrawn, stubborn, difficult individual who remained both highly characteristic of the Imperial tradition in which he was raised and yet utterly revolutionary in his criticism of that world. With immense skill Hamilton shows how Montgomery's repressed homosexuality was the key to his behaviour - homosexuality that distanced him from the conventional world which surrounded him, yet which made him uniquely value the welfare and lives of the soldiers under his care. Hamilton gives a superb re-creation of the worlds in which Montgomery lived: Tasmania, the Western Front 1914-18, the uneasy Imperial Britain, Egypt, India and Palestine of the 1920s and 1930s, the coming of the Second World War, the disasters of Dunkirk and Dieppe, and finally the bloody Allied victory of El Alamein. In re-examining Montgomery's life, Hamilton believes that we must now see him in terms of his ability to forge a unique relationship with the men under his command - a revolutioanry approach that put paid to the butchery and bungling of the First World War, and laid the foundations of successful battlefield leadership in modern democracy. Hamilton's powerful biography gives us a gripping and unflinching portrait of one of Britain's greatest heroes. This is, in all manner of ways, The Full Monty. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: Allen Lane 27/09/2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Regno Unito
Condizione: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Editore: Allen Lane, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.
Editore: Allen Lane 27/09/2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: Bahamut Media, Reading, Regno Unito
Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
Editore: Allen Lane, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Regno Unito
Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Editore: Allen Lane, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Regno Unito
Condizione: Good. 1st edition. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.
Editore: Allen Lane, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Jacket. First Edition. First Edition, first impression. The copyright pages number line includes number 1. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Editore: Allen Lane the Penguin Press, London, 2001
Da: Blacket Books, PBFA, Edinburgh, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Pp.xxvii,902. 46 illustrations. 11 maps.
Editore: Allen Lane, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, Regno Unito
Condizione: Very Good. Some light scratches to the jacket. The book is clean and readable throughout, a decent copy.
Editore: Allen Lane, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: Balfour Books, Sidmouth, DEVON, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Free of inscriptions with clean contents. Appears unread.
Editore: Allen Lane, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, thick octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a price clipped but otherwise well preserved pictorial dust wrapper and with a clean and unmarked text, maps, xxvii + 902 pp.
Editore: London: Allen Lane, 2001
Da: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardback in Dust Wrapper. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½" x 6¼" (1.9 kg); (xxvii) 901pp; Index; Includes: Plans of battle; Black & white photographs; Maps; List of sources; ISBN: 0-7139-9334-0 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #192483|| Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.
Editore: Allan Lane the Penguin Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: ivanpavlovitch, East Hoathly, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. fine, dustjacket unclipped, 1st.
Editore: Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Size 9½" x 6", 902 pages including index, a heavy book. Black hard cover with gilt titles to the spine. Book condition near fine, a few page corners creased else fine. Dust jacket condition near fine price clipped, else fine. Based on the private papers of Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein this is the first volume of the authorised biography, from 1887 to 1942. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Editore: Allen Lane, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: Antiquariaat van Starkenburg, Apeldoorn, Paesi Bassi
cloth, 901 pp, ills, dustwrappers Good copy.
Editore: Penguin London, 2002
Da: A Book for all Reasons, PBFA & ibooknet, Lowestoft, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
trade paperback, xxvii, [xiii], 902pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 14 maps on 13 pages, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, NOT a reissue of the author's previous 'Monty - The Making of a General 1887-1942' but a new examination of the life and career of Field Marshal Montgomery's including WW1, with the BEF in 1939/40 and in North Africa including Alamein, with a new interpretation of his ability to inspire soldiers and of his success as a commander in the light of the new evidence of his repressed homosexuality, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, ISBN:0140283757 - near fine,
Editore: Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, London England, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. The Full Monty. Montgomery of Alamein 1887-1942. Rolled spine. Contents: List of Illustrations. List of Maps. Preface. Acknowledgements. Maps. The Making of a General. The Years of Defeat. Alamein. Notes. Sources. Index. Illustrated. 902 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Editore: Allen Lane, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 0713993340 ISBN 13: 9780713993349
Da: MHO - Collectors' Books, Fittleworth, Pulborough, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st impression, unread, not price clipped (£25.00), no owner's name or other inscription, hint of age toning to page ends, D/j has light shelf wear but D/j has no tears, nicks or marks and is protected by a clear removable sleeve. Heavy book so p&p costs tbc.This copy purchased new by me upon publication.