New York: W,W, Norton & Company, 1986. First printing with number line intact. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. Illustrated with photographs and 4 maps. Very light dampstain to lower dust-jacket extremity, noticeable mostly of verso. No name, no book-plate, etc. A very fine copy in very good+ jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003015
Title: The Great War in Africa (1914-1918)
Author: Farwell, Byron
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0393023699
ISBN 13: 9780393023695
Publisher: W,W, Norton & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1986
Keywords: Military History, Africa, Non-Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Military; Alibris3;

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