The Thin Red Lines






Book Description
coloured frontispiece, 33 b/w. plates; illustrated end-papers in red and blue (The two 24 hour clocks, Northern & Southern hemispheres, in the court room at Electra House); The first published record of the ten thousand men and women working in more than seventy countries and on the high seas who maintained the life-lines of British and Commonwealth communications throughout World War TwoI. The 355,000-mile global system was based on the Cable & Wireless network; Wilshaw was Chairman during six years of conflict.
Dealer Notes
First Edition; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Gilt titles spine; Dust Jacket un-clipped.
Author
Graves, Charles
Date
1946
Binding
Hardcover (Original Blue Cloth)
Publisher
Standard Art Book Co. Ltd.; London
Condition
Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket
Pages
183
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