Description

Unique journalist’s acoount of the campaign and its aftermath. xiii, 381 pages : illustrations, folded map, 2 folded plans ; 23 cm. All three folding plans  of the triangle formed by Hanoi, Sontay, and Bacninh, and  of the Citadel of Sontay and of the general area coloured  are present and complete other than one segment of the border of the general plan [just a  small blank section of the edge with no map or text] is missing. Binding of half leather on green boards but the leather is disintegrating and needs replaced. An ex library copy with some soiling throughout and library stamps etc.Fair only. A very scarce item