New York: Carleton Press / Hearthstone, 1970. Book. Illus. by Charles Mazarakes (dust jacket illustration). About Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. Smith presents "a simple, moving, eloquently restrained biography of her son, Sergeant E. Wayne Smith, who was killed in Vietnam in October 1968." Blue cloth w/black spine lettering, 93 pages, illustrated. Mildly cocked, dusty/lightly foxed edges, light edgewear, previous owners named magic-markered out at top of front end paper, faint foxing to endpapers, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket w/short tears along spine sides, light chipping to corners/spine ends, light foxing. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve..

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Bookseller: Augustine Funnell Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016460
Title: I Raised a U.S. Marine
Author: Smith, Mary L
Illustrator: Charles Mazarakes (dust jacket illustration)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - About Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Carleton Press / Hearthstone
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1970
Size: Small octavo
Keywords: NOISBN, U.S. MARINES, MARINE, VIETNAM, SOLDIER, SOLDIERS, WAR, MOTHERS, SONS, FAMILY, FAMILIES
Bookseller catalogs: Non-fiction; Auto/Biography; Military;

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