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Ashes of the Victory: World War II and Its Aftermath
by Howe, Quincy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Poor
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Poor. acknowledgements, bibliography and index. Map endpapers, both different, front and paper showing European theatre of war 1939-1945, rear endpapers: showing Pacific War Theatre 1941-1945. Black coloured boards with gilt facsimile signature on the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the spine. Bumping to the bottom corners of the book along with shelf wear. Bumping to the head and heel of spine with browning and grubby marks to the paper edges. Cloth has some dust marks. Photographic dustwrapper showing Winston Churchill, Stalin and Truman sitting on a bench, with red wash overlay and black decoration with white coloured background and yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and yellow coloured titles to the back strip. The dustwrapper is really in awful shape, there is chipping and pieces missing from the top edge and chipping to the bottom edge. Dustwrapper is also quite faded and has grubby marks. There is a 3" tear along the top front fold over crease, down. An analysis of post World War II diplomacy, warfare, Cold War etc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 544 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; History -- Modern; Inventory No: 0101706. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0101706
- Title
- Ashes of the Victory: World War II and Its Aftermath
- Author
- Howe, Quincy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Post World War II -- History, Meeting at Potsdam, Military History, World History Military & Warfare; History -- Modern; Unbranded Howe, Quincy Ashes of the Victory: World War II and Its Aftermath
- Bookseller catalogs
- History -- Modern;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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