Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) Foreign Office solid shot or 'common shell'

solid shot or 'common shell' —a hollow cast-iron sphere filled with black powder — was used

old water marks

hull and turret details

this being 6¾ miles NNE of Montrose

Illustrated with 36 photographic plates

Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) Foreign Office solid shot or 'common shell'ALAMEIN TO ZEM ZEM KEITH DOUGLAS EDITIONS POETRY, London, 1946 The rare 1946 1st edition of Keith Douglas classic WW2 war memoir, Alamein to Zem Zem, published in London by Editions Poetry. The book is an account of the tank battles at Alamein and during the offensive that finally drove the Germans out of Africa. The Spectator later described the book as 'written in a highly charged, violent descriptive prose, powerfully contrived but sufficiently