A FRENCH-ENGLISH MILITARY TECHINCAL DICTIONARY: With a Supplement Containing Recent Military and Technical Terms
by Col. Cornelis De Witt Willcox
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- Condition
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About This Item
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of War, 1917. 4th (?) Revised American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. War Dept. Document No. 95. A very good copy, light wear to edges, spine head & tail worn but intact, corners slightly frayed, front hinge cracked, leaves slightly browned, owner’s name neatly inked on front end paper, issued without dust jacket. (582p., glossaries, biblio.)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139972
- Title
- A FRENCH-ENGLISH MILITARY TECHINCAL DICTIONARY: With a Supplement Containing Recent Military and Technical Terms
- Author
- Col. Cornelis De Witt Willcox
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th (?) Revised American Edition
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of War
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 8vo
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- Hinge
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- Edges
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- Cracked
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- Biblio
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- Spine
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- Tail
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- Jacket
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