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The War; An Intimate History 1941-1945
by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0307262839
- ISBN 13
- 9780307262837
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A Knopf, Publisher, 2007 Alfred A Knopf, Publisher, New York. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($50.00); slight tip, tail, and head bumps; small scrape on the corner of the spine cover. Black boards with black overlay with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Pictorial endpapers. 451 pp 4to. This was the companion volume to the seven-part PBS series. the American experience of WWII captured in the words and deeds, thoughts and feelings of those who made history on the Battlefields and the home front. Focusing on the citizens of four towns The War follows forty people from 1941 to 1945 in a month by month progression of the war. Enriched by maps and hundreds of photographs. A clean pristine copy.
Synopsis
Geoffrey C. Ward wrote the script for the film series The War and is the winner of five Emmys and two Writers Guild of America awards for his work for public television. He is also a historian and biographer and the author of fourteen books, including most recently Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson . He won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1989 and the Francis Parkman Prize in 1990. He lives in New York City. Ken Burns, producer and director of the film series The War, founded his own documentary company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His films include Jazz, Baseball, and The Civil War, which was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television. His work has won numerous prizes, including the Emmy and Peabody Awards, and two Academy Award nominations. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005831
- Title
- The War; An Intimate History 1941-1945
- Author
- Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0307262839
- ISBN 13
- 9780307262837
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- photography, World War II, Japan, Germany, England, Canada, United States, personal memoirs, photographic collections, PBS series,
- 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.
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- Gilt
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