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Outposts of War
by YOUNG, Gordon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 3rd.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1941* Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton.* Binding and cover condition: Light brown cloth, red titles to spine. V. slight bumps, no rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos & several line drawn maps within text.* Pages: 251 pp. text. i pp. blank page at rear.* Description: Gordon Young was a war correspondent for Reuters and the Press Association who accompanied the troops between January 1940 and February 1941. This book is based on his notes during that attachment to which are added some of the author?s recollections of Nazi Germany where he was based for three years.* A NEAR VG++ text copy of the 3rd/1st fnl. with some minor faults but no dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2448
- Title
- Outposts of War
- Author
- YOUNG, Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd. Edition 1941.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton (H&S)
- Place of Publication
- London UK 251
- Date Published
- 1941-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Bumps
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
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- Tail
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- Shelf Wear
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- Crisp
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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