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Paperbound Advance Uncorrected proof. Includes a letter from Andrea DeWerd, Senior Marketing Director. The hardcover was published at $28.00

Pittsburgh: The Frick Art Museum, 1975. First printing. Good +/very good +. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, 1Quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 123 pp., illustrated (some in color), clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light creasing to the edges of the some pages, a bit of age-toning and edgewear to the dust jacket.

Founded by St. Benedict fourteen centuries before the tragic year, the Abbey of Monte Cassino was Europe's most illustrious monastery. During the Dark Ages it had preserved much of the West's written archive. Itself a work of art, the abbey housed countless treasures. On February 15, 1944 American bombers obliterated Monte Cassino. It was the cruelest of ironies that the Allies should destroy an emblem of the civilization they were fighting to save.What was done that day has been disputed ever since. Was it a blunder, a military necessity or a war crime? Published on the 40th anniversary of the tragic bombing, this book finds the surprising truth behind one of the most difficult ethical decisions ever occasioned by war. Numerous Black and white photos.

This rare paperbound book is a catalog of the Peter Sidlow's sale of 298 vertical tobacco tins, all of which are shown in crisp, clean color or black and white,

Edward Ryan, the foremost collector of paper armies has painted a comprehensive picture of the extraordinary variety and richness of the paper soldier world. He has identified, described and illustrated paper soldiers made by more than 500 publishers in twenty four countries over the past two centuries. More than 580 color and 130 black and white illustrations are complemented by an authoritative but eminently readable text. 528 pages. Strictly limited to 2,000 copies worldwide. Signed and numbered by the author, This is copy # 1001.