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The Marcos Dynasty; The Incredible Story Behind the Corruption of Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos and the Involvement of American Business, Organized Crime, the Pentagon, and the White House
by Sterling Seagrave
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0060158158
- ISBN 13
- 9780060158156
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Harper & Row Publishers, 1998 Harper & Row Publishers, New York. 1988. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light soiling to textblock edges. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($22.50); light bumping to head, tail, and tips; scar on rear panel from small tear in the surface paper (see photo). Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Purple endpapers. 483 pp 8vo. The author describes how under Marcos. Manila became an international hub for money-laundering, narcotics traffic, gambling, white slavery, and child prostitution helping the Marcos' to become the richest couple on the planet. The author goes into the attachment of four US presidents this country and the story of Yamashita's Gold. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016262
- Title
- The Marcos Dynasty; The Incredible Story Behind the Corruption of Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos and the Involvement of American Business, Organized Crime, the Pentagon, and the White House
- Author
- Sterling Seagrave
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060158158
- ISBN 13
- 9780060158156
- Publisher
- Harper & Row Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Philippines, Manila, Luzon, World War II, Ferdinand Marcos, Imelda Marcos, Yamashita's Gold, narcotics, money laundering, corruption, white slavery,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
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- 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....
- Brodart
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