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Back to the Front; An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I
by Stephen O'Shea
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0802713297
- ISBN 13
- 9780802713292
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£11.95£8.36
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About This Item
New York, NY: Walker and Company, 1997 Walker and Company, New York. 1997. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light tip bumps on front board. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($23.00); light bumping to head and tail. Brown boards and spine with copper letters on spine. 205 pp 8vo. To get a better grasp on WWI, the author set out to the entire 450 miles through no-man's-land to discover for himself and for his generation the meaning of war. This is a remarkable combination of vivid history and opinionated travel writing. At each major on the Western Front, he offers and impassioned perspective on the war, the state of the land, and the cultivation of memory. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005810
- Title
- Back to the Front; An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I
- Author
- Stephen O'Shea
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0802713297
- ISBN 13
- 9780802713292
- Publisher
- Walker and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- World War II, No-Man's-Land, trench warfare, war, battles, Passchendaele, the Somme, Argonne, Verdun
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
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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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