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Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier
by Astor, Gerald
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0891417605
- ISBN 13
- 9780891417606
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ballantine Books, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv, with sections of black and white plate illustrations, maps etc. Quarter bound in blue cloth over paper-covered boards, metallic blue titles to spine. 8vo. Boards are square and clean but gently rounded at spine ends with an indentation on fore edge. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Slight gutter strain ahead of title page, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original illustrated dust jacket, lightly bumped at edges, with small nick no rear fore-edge.
Synopsis
Gerald Astor is a critically acclaimed military historian and author of such books as The Mighty Eighth , A Blood Dimmed Tide , The Right to Fight , The Greatest War , and Bloody Forest . He lives near New York City.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017811
- Title
- Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier
- Author
- Astor, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0891417605
- ISBN 13
- 9780891417606
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 400
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- World War Two, Soldiers, West Point, Soldiers, Operation Torch, First Infantry Division
- X weight
- 0 kg
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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