Across the Threshold of Battle : Behind Japanese Lines with Wingate's Chindits - Burma 1943
by James, Harold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0863327982
- ISBN 13
- 9780863327988
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sussex: The Book Guild. Fair in Good dust jacket. (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. 0863327982 . Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Tape stains to boards and endpapers. Tape reinforcement at hinges. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 250, [6 (blank)] pages. Maps on endpapers. Blue board with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 217 x 134mm. Illustrated. Military history, World War Two. "One of the most daring operations of World War II was launched in February 1943 when Brigadier Orde Wingate led 3,000 British, Gurkha and Burmese troops, and 1,000 mules, more than 300 miles deep inside Japanese occupied Burma." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 25042
- Title
- Across the Threshold of Battle : Behind Japanese Lines with Wingate's Chindits - Burma 1943
- Author
- James, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0863327982
- ISBN 13
- 9780863327988
- Publisher
- The Book Guild
- Place of Publication
- Sussex
- Date Published
- (1993)
- Keywords
- 0863327982
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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