Awards
- Commended for British Book Design & Production Awards: Limited Edition and Fine Binding 2012.
Overview
The SAS War Diary is released in a special limited Anniversary Edition to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Special Air Service and to raise funds for the welfare work of the Regimental Association. At the behest of the SAS Regimental Association 1000 copies of the SAS War Diary have been reserved for members of the Armed Forces and the wider Services family, military institutions and libraries, so that military personnel and historians worldwide can have access to the Regiment's wartime history. Based on the original Diary held by the Regimental Association, The SAS War Diary is augmented with material from their archive, very little of which has ever been seen before. The SAS War Diary is extremely impressive, measuring some 17 x 12 x 4 inches and weighing over 28lbs. Each copy is bound by hand in full leather over wood composite boards in the style of the original, with three brass posts and finished with a new blocking design featuring the Regimental badge and wings. The individual copies are then numbered and the limitation page is embossed with the seal of the Regimental Association, as are the signature pages on the signed copies. The Diary is produced using traditional materials in the traditional manner and is designed to last for generations Limited to 1000 copies worldwide
Full Product Details
Publisher: Extraordinary Editions
Imprint: Extraordinary Editions
Edition: Services ed
Dimensions:
Width: 310.10cm
, Height: 10.50cm
, Length: 43.00cm
Weight: 6.000kg
ISBN: 9780957304628
ISBN 10: 0957304625
Pages: 624
Publication Date: 22 September 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Leather / fine binding
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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