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BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS: Australia's WWII Remembered by the Men and Women Who Lived It
by Geddes, Margaret
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670040894
- ISBN 13
- 9780670040896
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Camberwell, VIC, Australia: Viking (Penguin), 2004. viii, + 503pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections. Patterned endpapers: security bar affixed to rear pastedown. Book clean and square. Red title over lightly bumped spine. Plain beige boards undamaged. Textblock edges flecked, leaves tanned. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn and colour-faded on spine. " . . . brings together the first-hand accounts of more than seventy-five ordinary Australians who did extraordinary things during World War II. P.O.W's, airmen, nurses, land girls, internees, schoolchildren, soldiers, sailors and more share their memories of a time of horror, tragedy, love and excitement . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, Book 1/ The War in Europe and the Middle East. 2/ War in the Pacific. 3/ The War in Australia. "Fellow Citizens, the war is over" - John Curtin, 15 August, 1945. Bibliography. Index. Acks. Book weight approx. 880g. * Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. . First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013441
- Title
- BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS: Australia's WWII Remembered by the Men and Women Who Lived It
- Author
- Geddes, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0670040894
- ISBN 13
- 9780670040896
- Publisher
- Viking (Penguin)
- Place of Publication
- Camberwell, VIC, Australia
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Australia, World War (1939-1945), History, Personal Narratives, Australian Military History, Geddes, Margaret, 1949-
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military Biography; Australian Military History;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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