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The Island War: The United States Marine Corps in the Pacific
by HOUGH, Frank O
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J. B. Lippincott Company, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Octavo. Original dark cloth, gilt titles on cover and spine. Top edges colored red. Endpapers adorned with maps. Includes 32 B/W illustrations reproduced from official U. S. Marine Corps photographs. Slighty foxing to front pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Spine edges and corners gently bumped. Book inscribed by William Arthur Worton (1897-1973) was a Marine Corps Major General. Situated on front flyleaf with sticker signed by Commander Fred M. Southam (2/7/47) ensuring the authenticity of the signature. Quotation from author's foreword "Probably no man who served with the Marine COrps in the Pacific will read this book without feeling that his outfit has been slighted. And he will be right. It is quite impossible in a book of this scope to do full justice to all hands, even if all the material necessary to this end lay within the grasp of a single writer.".
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- Bookseller
- Michal Sawka Rare & Collectable
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26
- Title
- The Island War: The United States Marine Corps in the Pacific
- Author
- HOUGH, Frank O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- island,war,hough,frank,Lippincott,signed,William,Arthur,Worton,Commander,Fred,Southam
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About the Seller
Michal Sawka Rare & Collectable
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London, Greater London
About Michal Sawka Rare & Collectable
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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