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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (SIGNED)
by James D. Hornfischer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0553802577
- ISBN 13
- 9780553802573
- Seller
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Bantam Books, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, Sixth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dustjacket: very good / fine. Book: spine tips moderately worn; a little spotting to back board. Jacket in new mylar protector; head of jacket spine is slightly wrinkled. 6th printing. Author's signature on a signature plate pasted--a little slanted--to half-title page..
Synopsis
James D. Hornfischer is a writer, literary agent, and former book editor. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colgate University, he has graduate business and law degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Sage Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131175
- Title
- The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (SIGNED)
- Author
- James D. Hornfischer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Sixth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0553802577
- ISBN 13
- 9780553802573
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- two 2 second w w ww wwii ww2 leyte gulf battle of philippines 1944 american naval operations.
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- Signed Books;
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About the Seller
The Old Sage Bookshop
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Prescott, Arizona
About The Old Sage Bookshop
Situated in historic downtown Prescott, Arizona, The Old Sage Bookshop offers a fine selection of new southwest books as well as quality used books for the collector, the seeker, and the avid reader. This is a small but mighty bookshop.
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