Purple Patches – A Tale of The Sappers – 3rd Field Company RAE (1st Edition)

Name: Purple Patches - A Tale of The Sappers - 3rd Field Company RAE (1st Edition)
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SKU: RB18232 Category: Engineers and Pioneers

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Title: Purple Patches – A Tale of The Sappers.

Author: Prince, T H

Condition: Very Good – Dust jacket is tatty and split at the spine, however as can be seen the DJ is mostly there including the DJ flaps. Some wear to the boards and foxing to the page block, but is tightly bound and clean inside.

Edition: 1st Edition

Publication Date: 1935

ISBN: N/A

Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket – 306 pages

Comments: This is essentially the personal story of a member of the 3rd Field Company Engineers AIF, but details the activities of that unit.

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Weight	0.6 kg

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