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About Face; The Odyssey of an American Warrior
by COL David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671526928
- ISBN 13
- 9780671526924
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989 Simon & Schuster, New York. 1989. Hardcover. 1st Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; bumped head, tail, and tips; shelfwear to board bottom edges; light soiling to textblock fore edge. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); bumping to head, tail, tips, and top edge of DJ; light scratches and rubbing to panels. Green paper over boards with navy blue cloth overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. 875 pp 8vo. COL Hackworth, America's most decorated soldier, tells the incredible story of his life; enlisting in the Army at age 15, fought in Korea, and was the consummate Cold Warrior leading troops in Europe and participating in flash points on the Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile crises. He was a living legend in Vietnam serving for six years. A blood-and-guts autobiography that pointed out the Pentagon's fundamental misunderstanding of the Vietnam War. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016598
- Title
- About Face; The Odyssey of an American Warrior
- Author
- COL David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671526928
- ISBN 13
- 9780671526924
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Vietnam, Vietnam War, Korean War, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Pentagon, battlefield commission, most decorated living soldier, American military policy, World War II, military strategy, Colonel David H. Hackworth, Cold War, Vietnam fiasco, military
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Cold War;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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