The Saturday Night Soldiers – Arthur Victor Sellwood (Signed and inscribed by the author)

Description

– The stirring story of the Territorial Army

-Inscribed to Commandant “Jack” Slabber, flight commander in No 213 Sqn who was killed on the night of 19 Augustus 1968 when his Canberra collided with a Victor near the village of Holt in Norfolk

“In England they were once called the Saturday Night Soldiers- the young men from all walks of life who gave up their spare time to the Territorial Army. In Germany they were derided as a sort of Sunday school for amateur soldiers and in no way to be considered as an efficient combatant force.”

Price: R350.00

Edition: First edition

Published: 1966

Publishers: Wolfe Publishing

Condition: Dist jacket with scuff marks and small tears around the edges. Hardcover in good condition with minor shelf wear around the edges. Foxing and tanning on the endpapers, otherwise internally in good condition – clean and tightly bound.