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c/o Postmaster
by Corporal Thomas R. St. George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1943. Hardcover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket condition: Very Good-. 194 pp. Text clean, unmarked and lightly sunned, typical of paper used. No prior owner attribution. Spine of book is bumped at top edge. Corners crisp. Dust jacket chipped at top edge of spine and has closed end tear from tail of spine. Outer edges of jacket have been taped. Author/artist was a pre-World War II journalist and cartoonist. Book is prolific with b/w cartoon drawings by author. A humerous autobiographical description of an American's inscription into the military in 1942, and learning to adapt to the culture, food, money and women while based in Australia during the war.
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- Bookseller
- Select Tomes
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100385
- Title
- c/o Postmaster
- Author
- Corporal Thomas R. St. George
- Illustrator
- Corporal Thomas R. St. George
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial board with title and author on front cover and spine. Hinges tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Pages
- 194
- Size
- 5 3/4 X 8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Australia, military humor, WW II
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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GAHANNA, Ohio
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I am making available selections from my collection of eclectic, historical and sometimes rare books. My collection includes historical novels, cookbooks, textbooks and children's books along with other ephemera.
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