Officially Dead: The Story of Commander C.D. Smith, Skipper of a Yangtze River Steamer, Shanghai Harbor Pilot, Captain of the U.S.S. Wake and the Prisoner the Japs Couldn't Hold [First Edition, First Printing]
by Reynolds, Quentin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1945. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 244 pages; gentle bumps to spine ends and two cover corners, but not a trace of shelf wear, overall very gently used, neat two-line gift inscription in ink on free front endpaper, some pale faded old (coffee?) stains to several pages, otherwise clean and unmarked; DJ rubbed along all hinges, hevily chipped, several tiny tears, but intact and about 98% complete. See also our listing for Shanghai 1949 : The End of an Era.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040835
- Title
- Officially Dead: The Story of Commander C.D. Smith, Skipper of a Yangtze River Steamer, Shanghai Harbor Pilot, Captain of the U.S.S. Wake and the Prisoner the Japs Couldn't Hold [First Edition, First Printing]
- Author
- Reynolds, Quentin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- SECOND WORLD WAR TWO 2 II PACIFIC CAMPAIGNS HISTORY MILITARY BIOGRAPHY JAPAN AMERICAN NONFICTION CHINA CHINESEJAPANESEPOW PRISONER OF WAR CAMP
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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Eric James
Payment through Biblio, or directly we accept PayPal, money order or cheque (10 days for clearance within Canada before shipment). Shipping by Canada Post. Shipment within 48 hours of receipt of payment.
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