China Crosses the Yalu: The Decision to Enter the Korean War
by Allen S. Whiting
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: The Macmillan Company, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maps. G/G, used hc, 219pp. Illustrated green cloth over boards with silver text on upper and spine; tips bumped; shelf wear to head and tail of spine.Illustrated green and red colored paper has black and white text on upper and spine; edge wear resulting in short edge tears; rubbed lightly on edges; not price clipped. Former owner made penciled notes on ffep. Interior pages clean, except a few pages have pencil underlining and marks in the margins. Binding is tight. This is a Rand Corporation Research Study.
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016875
- Title
- China Crosses the Yalu: The Decision to Enter the Korean War
- Author
- Allen S. Whiting
- Illustrator
- Maps
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Allen S. Whiting, Korean War, Chinese Communists, United Nations
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PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming
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