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Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island
by Urwin, Gregory J.W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0803245556
- ISBN 13
- 9780803245556
- Seller
-
Hudson, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Lincoln & London: Univ. Of Nebraska Pr., 1997. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thick octavo, xxvi + 727 pp., maps, b/w photos, appendices, notes, bib., index. Signed on the fist blank p. following the f.f.e.p. by 3 veterans of Wake: John R. Dale, Ralph Holewinski & Bryghte Godbold (all of which are in the book). Unfortunately there has been some bleed through on a couple of lines particularly Dale's sig. even to the t.p. O/W the cloth bound hardcover is in v.g. cond. w/a rubbed lower corner & the d/w is v.g. cond. w/lt. creasing at the head of the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ross & Haines (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9014
- Title
- Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island
- Author
- Urwin, Gregory J.W
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0803245556
- ISBN 13
- 9780803245556
- Publisher
- Univ. Of Nebraska Pr.
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln & London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- WAKE ISLAND, PACIFIC OCEAN, WORLD WAR II
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War II; Military History;
- Product_type
- 2
Terms of Sale
Ross & Haines
All books returnable within 7 days if not as described. Media Rate shipping is $ 3.50 for the first volume and $1 for each additional volume. Priority shipping is $ 7.50 for an average sized octavo and $33.00 for Global Priority.
About the Seller
Ross & Haines
Biblio member since 2004
Hudson, Wisconsin
About Ross & Haines
15,000 books in stock, All subjects covered with an emphisis on history. Shop was founded in Minneapolis in 1950 and has been located in Hudson, Wisconsin since 1993. Open by appointment only.
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