Verney, Peter, — ANZIO 1944 : An Unexpected Fury.
B. T. Batsford, London, 1978, 1st edn., 265pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 21 in text maps, maps at front endpapers, dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the near disaster at Anzio, the amphibious landing designed to relieve the stalemate in the main Allied advance in central Italy, but although the landing was almost unopposed the breakout from the beachhead delayed allowing additional defensive measures to be taken, and for the attrition that became the Battle of Anzio, lightly bumped at tips, edges tanned,a few faint fox marks at endpapers, dustwrapper: price clipped but with publishers price label added, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,
