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PIMPERNEL GOLD: How Norway Foiled the Nazis
by Baden-Powell, Dorothy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 031261165X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312611651
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. This is the story of how Norway's gold reserves were taken out of the country in April 1940, under the noses of the Germans, in a gruelling cat-and-mouse journey through the snow by train, by lorries, and finally by three separate ships." Foreword by Sir Laurence Collier, K.C.M.G. 207 p. with textual photographs and maps. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. Mild bump to the spine head. The dust jacket is clean and bright. Better than very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70816
- Title
- PIMPERNEL GOLD: How Norway Foiled the Nazis
- Author
- Baden-Powell, Dorothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 031261165X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312611651
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- World War II, Second World War, Norway, Nazi Germany, Scandinavia, Military History
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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