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Digging for Mrs. Miller: Some Experiences of an Air-Raid Warden
by John Strachey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Random House, New York, 1941. Condition: Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Dust Jacket: Good condition with sunning to spine and light wear on edges. 150 pp. Text sunned consistent with age, clean and unmarked with no foxing. Prior owner attribution on front free endpaper with date 1944. Outside edge of text has small spots. Strachey writes of his experiences serving as an air-raid warden during the bombing of London in August of 1940.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100241
- Title
- Digging for Mrs. Miller
- Author
- John Strachey
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth boards with gold gilt title and author on spine. Corners crisp, Hinges tight.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Battle of Britian, WW II,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
- Size
- 5 1/2 x 7 3/4
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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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- New
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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