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Pegasus Bridge June 6, 1944
by Stephen E. Ambrose
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1985 Simon and Schuster, New York. 1985. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail and upper tips. DJ: Very Good +; small stain on spine near tail; light bumping to head, and upper tips. Blue paper over boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 176 pp 8vo. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day in 1944 and was crucial to the success of the Normandy Invasion. Landing in gliders, British troops seized the bridge, drove off the German troops, and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Based on eyewitness accounts from British, French, and German sources. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Seller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 016210
- Title
- Pegasus Bridge June 6, 1944
- Author
- Stephen E. Ambrose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Pegasus Bridge, World War II, Glider Planes, German Troops, Normandy invasion, D-Day, Major John Howard, Orne River,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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