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WILLIAMS-ELLIS (Major Clough, MC, & A.) The Tank Corps. Intro. by Maj.-Gen. H.J. Elles, CB, DSO. 1st USA Ed. 421pp., portrait frontis. (Hugh Elles), 35 photos., several diagrams, fldg. map. VG in dw. NY: Doran. 1919  #59260
[HLMainPic] Valuable early history of the Corps: "...a short but clear history of the tank from the time of its conception in the minds of numerous inventors to the end of the War. Major Williams-Ellis reacches the conclusion that, 'every other factor being cancelled out, the fact that the French & the English possessed tanks & the Germans did not was just enough to win the last war for the Allies." - Falls. Neatly complements other contemp. histories & memoirs. Orig. red cloth, titled in red to front & sp., VG in neatly repaired & scarce dw. See illustration on our website.   £125

     




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