The Sudden Assignment: Being a record of service in Central Africa during the last controversial years of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland,1961-1963 by Lord Alport
1965. Thus. 255 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Illustrated black and white frontispiece. Decorated end-papers. Pages remain clear with moderate tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate staining to cloth. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing. Pen marking to front flap.