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The Blast Of The War 1939-1945
by Macmillan, Harold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Macmillan, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Facsimile. List of illustrations, List of maps, acknowledgements, preface by author, list of illustrations, for appendices and index. Map illustrated end pages, showing a map of Europe to the front end pages and a chronology of the war on the rear end pages. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and the occasional map. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece showing the author and Sir Winston Churchill in Casablanca in 1943. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Very dark blue coloured tint to the top text edge. Photographic dustwrapper with white and red coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. The second volume of the author's autobiography, which covers World War II. A little rubbing of the book edges with light tanning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with some Chipping to the back strip edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], VI XVI, [3], 4 - 765, [1] pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Facsimile. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Military History; Britain; Politics & Government. Inventory No: 0286813. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0286813
- Title
- The Blast Of The War 1939-1945
- Author
- Macmillan, Harold
- Illustrator
- Photographic and Facsimile
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- BZDB2 history, political memoirs, biography, Britain, World War II Biography & Autobiography; Military History; Britain; Politics & Government. Photographic and Facsimile Unbranded Macmillan, Harold The Blast Of The War 1939-1945
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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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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- Rubbing
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- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
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- Chipping
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- Facsimile
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