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People in Peril and How They Survived
by Reader's Digest
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0895771543
- ISBN 13
- 9780895771544
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$19.61A$13.72
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About This Item
Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association , 1983 The Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, NY. 1983. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light sunning to peripheral edges of boards. DJ: Very Good+; light toning to spine; light bumping to head, tail, and tips. Gray Cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 573 pp 8vo. Through the years RD has carried some the most dramatic stories about people ever published. In this book, RD presents 86 of RD's most outstanding dramas that tell of courage, strength, and persistence against overwhelming odds far beyond what most people ever encounter. Beautiful color illustrations. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013439
- Title
- People in Peril and How They Survived
- Author
- Reader's Digest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0895771543
- ISBN 13
- 9780895771544
- Publisher
- The Reader's Digest Association
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- true stories, historical stories, Reader's Digest, Drama in real life, drama, factual stories, military events, personal accounts of danger, memoirs, anthology of short stories, Reader's Digest short stories.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Americana;
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.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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