Combat: World War I. [hardcover].
by Congdon, Don; editor
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/VG dj. Estate acquisition. Very nice clean/tight/crisp copy: no names/writings, no cover wear or spine creasing. Jacke
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About This Item
New York. Delacorte Press. Copyright 1964. HARDCOVER.. Near Fine/VG dj. Estate acquisition. Very nice clean/tight/crisp copy: no names/writings, no cover wear or spine creasing. Jacket complete/clean; multiple edge tears taped on reverse. Octavo. xx. + 428pp. Footnotes. Endpaper maps. Black cloth covers, gilt lettered & blind stamped spine. LC: 64-24929. $5.95 jacket price. Presumed First Edition, none stated. Introduction by Herbert Mitgang. Foreword and Afterword by William Manchester. 17 excerpts from writings by: Winston Churchill, Alan Moorehead, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, T.E. Lawrence, et al.
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- 6070423
- Title
- Combat: World War I. [hardcover].
- Author
- Congdon, Don; editor
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/VG dj. Estate acquisition. Very nice clean/tight/crisp copy: no names/writings, no cover wear or spine creasing. Jacke
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- Copyright 1964.
- Pages
- xx. + 428pp.
- Size
- Octavo.
- Keywords
- World War I Personal Narrative Memoir Hanson Baldwin John W. Thomason Frederick Oughton Barrie Pitt Alistair Horne
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