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The Battle of Cassino
by Majdalany, Fred
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing, in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean black boards with red cloth spine extending halfway over boards, silver and black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with maps and photographs. 309 pages with bibliography and index. Clean dust jacket designed by John Morris has very slight edge wear, chip at top spine edge, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The Battle of Cassino (World War II) started on the night of January 17, 1944. It ended on June 4, when the Fifth Army entered Rome. The story of this battle involves the massive design of military strategy translated into a limitless pattern of human ordeal. The complex plan, the problems of supply and communications, the chain of command are explained with dazzling clarity. The action takes on an epic grandeur in an almost classic atmosphere of tragedy..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026410
- Title
- The Battle of Cassino
- Author
- Majdalany, Fred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR II, BATTLE OF CASSINO, FIRST EDITION, FRED MAJDALANY, MILITARY HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- War/Military; World War II;
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