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General Ike
by Alden Hatch
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Consolidated Book Publishers, 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1944. Peoples Book Club Edition. 258 pages. Illustrative jacket over brown cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Date taken from copyright information. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards. Dents to edges. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces.
Reviews
On Jul 10 2007, SDENNEY said:
"A Wartime Book". From humble beginnings, Dwight David Eisenhower had a military career that promoted him to the Supreme Commander of the Theatre of Operations in Europe during World War II on to leading the United States as President.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1646723857MHP
- Title
- General Ike
- Author
- Alden Hatch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Consolidated Book Publishers
- Date Published
- 1944
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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