The War Service Record of the Alumni, Students and Faculty of the University of Vermont in the Great War 1914-1918
by War Service Committee
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- GOOD-
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Burlington, VT: The War Service Committee of the University of Vermont, 1924. (1st edition). Hardbound. GOOD-. Tight but has previously had inner hinge reinforced with tape. Spine is tilted, softened and frayed at both ends, sunned and has a horizontal rip in the cloth near the bottom of the title block. Interior pages are bright and clean. Red cloth with gilt titles and trim. Short biographies and photos of the 22 who died including John McCrae, author of "In Flanders Fields". Detailed lists of Wounded; Decorated; War Service Records (all); Women; YMCA; YMHA; Auxiliary War Work; and a short section of "Memorabilia".
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- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange
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- 4-OT012
- Title
- The War Service Record of the Alumni, Students and Faculty of the University of Vermont in the Great War 1914-1918
- Author
- War Service Committee
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - GOOD-
- Edition
- (1st edition)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The War Service Committee of the University of Vermont
- Place of Publication
- Burlington, VT
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Genealogy
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY; HISTORY / Military / World War I;
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