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Mission Marcel-Proust. The Story of an Unusual OSS Undertaking.
by [World War II]. BOOTH, Colonel Waller B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, Dorrance & Company, (1972). First edition. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"), 168 pages. Publisher's black lettered tan cloth, in pictorial dust jacket.
Previous owner's name & date at ffep, minor foxing mostly at pastedowns & endpapers, otherwise very good in dust jacket with edge wear including a few short closed tears & tiny losses, soiled, foxed, rubbed, & browned at the spine, with brief ink annotation at the front flap, & an old small tape repair on the verso, still Good or so.
Mission Marcel Proust "is a story of incredible heroism displayed by patriotic Frenchmen and of their amazing accomplishments. Frustrations and difficulties abound and the horrors of war surround them, but they are still capable of the ingenius and daring exploits which the author describes with pride." ~From the dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1476
- Title
- Mission Marcel-Proust. The Story of an Unusual OSS Undertaking.
- Author
- [World War II]. BOOTH, Colonel Waller B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dorrance & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia & New York
- Date Published
- (1972)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- World War II, France, Resistance, Espionage, Office of Strategic Services, C.I.A., Hitler
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History; Europe; World War II; Espionage;
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
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- Foxed
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