RANKIN, KENNETH. — Top-Hats in Tobruk.

Odiham: Kenneth Rankin, 1983. 1st edition. "The story of a Troop of Anti-Aircraft Gunners who took part in the early North African Campaigns. Taken from the diary of one of its officers, it gives an authentic and intimate almost hour by hour account of the Siege of Torbruk, written at the time from one of the gun sites..The 'Top-Hat' was the insignia of the Battery, painted on all its guns and vehicles, a relic of the early days of the War when it was briefly stationed in Hyde Park in the West End of Londn." 25.5cms x 18cms. Pp.330, occasional black & white photographs + 1 map, signed by the author to front free endpaper + publicity material about the book loosely enclosed. Yellow cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.