The Book of Courage
by Hagedorn, Herman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia/Toronto: John C. Winston Company, 1943. New edition, revised in light of World War Two, omitting chapters on German WW1 hero Felix von Luckner and then-isolationist Charles Lindbergh, adding instead chapters on Leonard Wood, Chiang Kai-shek, & Winston Churchill. Hardcover in the scarce jacket, as pictured. Light swear to book, corners bumped; price-clipped jacket rubbed & chipped, a bit faded. Text clean; xv, blank, [428] pages; 39 maps & illustrations, as called for, including 3 in color, 7 b/w full-page semi-glossy plates. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Frank Godwin and Kreigh Collins, maps by Edwin C. Reich. Large Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0025
- Title
- The Book of Courage
- Author
- Hagedorn, Herman
- Illustrator
- Frank Godwin and Kreigh Collins, maps by Edwin C. Reich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia/Toronto
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Illustrated Books, Heroism, Heroes, Bravery, Self-Sacrifice, Inspiration
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...