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Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London, New York, Melbourne

Malta at Bay: An Eyewitness Account

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Title: Malta at Bay: An Eyewitness Account
Author: R. Leslie Oliver
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London, New York, Melbourne
Published: 1942
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 108
Catalogs: World War II, Vintage Travel, Europe
Description: Original blue cloth binding with maroon text on spine. No dust-jacket. Frontispiece map of Malta and Gozo. 15 additional photographic illustrations. Paper is tanned and slightly brittle, printed in accordance with the war economy standard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Contents are from the perspective of R. Leslie Oliver, including the arrival of the war in Malta in 1940, the responses of the people of Malta under continued attacks, July-December 1940, Malta's first blitzkrieg in January of 1941, bomb damage and air-raid shelters underground, food and fuel supplies, and more. The book was written and published mid-war, and therefore serves as an appeal to readers from Allied nations from Malta. Hardcover, good condition. 108 pages, 12mo.