Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 -1919
by Nicholson, G.W.L
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa: Department of National Defence, 1962. Hardcover. very good. 1st edition. xiv, 621 pp. Red cloth with gilt title on spine and crest on front cover. Dust jacket has chips at top of spine and wear at top of rear panel and edges. Quarto with maps front and rear end papers, colourd fold out maps and black and white maps and illustrations in text. A previous owners name in ink (discreet) on front end paper and the stamp of the historian William C. Wonders on half title page. very good The Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War written primarily for the general reader- particularly for members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force - but also designed to meet the needs of students of military history, for whose benefit the text has been extensively documented. 1962
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130693
- Title
- Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 -1919
- Author
- Nicholson, G.W.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Department of National Defence
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Canadian Military History|Military History|World War One
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