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IT WAS LIKE THIS: Two Stories of the Great War.
by Allen, Hervey (1889-1949)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in red cloth in a good example of the rather uncommon dust jacket - overall edgewear, a bit of sunning to the spine. 1/red cloth in a good example of the rather uncommon
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About This Item
New York:: Farrar & Rinehart, , (1940). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in red cloth in a good example of the rather uncommon dust jacket - overall edgewear, a bit of sunning to the spine. 153 pp. . First printing. Written for a country of the verge of World War II, this attempts to show what war is like - "Report to Major Roberts" involving a young Lietenant, tell of 4 companies, cut off by a barrage of German artillery in the Allied Retreat from the Marne in July 1918. and "Blood Lust" describes an American attack on the town of Fismette, August 1918. Includes an introduction by the author. Illustrated with drawings by Lyle Justis. 153 pp.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84682
- Title
- IT WAS LIKE THIS: Two Stories of the Great War.
- Author
- Allen, Hervey (1889-1949)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in red cloth in a good example of the rather uncommon dust jacket - overall edgewear, a bit of sunning to the spine. 1
- Jacket Condition
- red cloth in a good example of the rather uncommon
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1940)
- Keywords
- world war i, battles,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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