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FIGHTING THE BOLSHEVIKS : The Russian War Memoir of Private First Class Donald E. Carey, U.S. Army, 1918-1919
by Carey, Donald E. (Edited By: Neil G. Carey)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0891416315
- ISBN 13
- 9780891416319
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Novato, California, U.S.A.: Presidio Press, 1997. (xvii) + 240pp., facsimile frontispiece, general area maps, plus an unpaginated b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over firm black spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves pristine. Pictorially-illustrated (author portrait on rear panel) dustjacket near fine. Most people, save for families and military historians, are unaware of a period in 1918-1919 during which 5,600 American soldiers and sailors fought Russian Bolshevik revolutionaries in Northern Russia and Siberia. They were destined to fight more than the determined Bolsheviks . . . This volume is condensed from the daily record maintained by 25-year-old Donald E. Carey. Contents include: Prelims., Chronology, 19 Chapters, Conclusion, Afterword. Book weight approx. 520g.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007716
- Title
- FIGHTING THE BOLSHEVIKS : The Russian War Memoir of Private First Class Donald E. Carey, U.S. Army, 1918-1919
- Author
- Carey, Donald E. (Edited By: Neil G. Carey)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0891416315
- ISBN 13
- 9780891416319
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Place of Publication
- Novato, California, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- MEMOIRS, MILITARY, RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, AMERICAN SOLDIERS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, CAREY, DONALD E., C. 1893-1945)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military Biography; Military History;
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Diversity Books, IOBA
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