Counter defensive: being the story of a bank in battle

by John Wadsworth.

First edition.

London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. 106, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : frontispiece, illustrations.

An account of the Midland Bank's activities during the Second World War. Tipped in presentation page to Sir Harold E. Yarrow.

Hardcover.

G in half-leather binding. Top edges gilt. Corners bumped. Marks to boards. Light wear to spine ends.

Ref No: 7047


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Author(s): Wadsworth, John

Subject(s): Banks and banking | Midland Bank Limited

Collection(s): Signed, associated, and limited editions | Economics

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