Infantry Brigadier. First Edition 1949. KIPPENBERGER, Major-General Sir Howard. Infantry Brigadier.

London & Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1949. True First Edition / First Printing.
Hardcover (no dust jacket).

The highly regarded, authoritative front-line memoir of WWII infantry command by one of New Zealand's greatest military leaders. Kippenberger delivers a classic, vivid account of the 20th Battalion and the 5th NZ Infantry Brigade through the harrowing campaigns of Greece, Crete, North Africa, and Cassino.

• Binding & Cloth: Original brown/tan publisher's cloth boards. Structurally firm.
Displays standard uniform surface rubbing, minor scuff marks, and bumping to the corners.
• Spine: The cloth spine shows typical uniform sun-fading/colour shift and minor chipping/softening to the head and tail extremities.
• Illustrations & Maps: 100% Complete & Collated. All 15 photographic plates and 11 tactical maps are present, firmly bound, and in good order.
• Interior: 371 pages. Internal text have light, uniform age-tanning throughout. Features a neat, contemporary previous owner's name and "1949" date inscribed on the front free endpaper (ffep). Widespread foxing/age-spotting is mainly confined to the early endpapers and the closed text block edges.
• Overall: Good (G) collector's reference copy of a foundational piece of New Zealand military history.

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.

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