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The Nightmare Years: 1930-1940; Volume II
by William L. Shirer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316787035
- ISBN 13
- 9780316787031
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£10.40£7.28
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, MA: Little Brown & Company, 1984 Little Brown & Company, Boston, MA. 1984. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; bumped tips; light soiling and dust soiling to textblock edges; light shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Very Good; Price Clipped; edge bumping; light rubbing to panels; bumping to head and tail; moisture stain to tail and rear panel. Red paper over boards with black cloth overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on spine; signature on front board in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. 654 pp 8vo. In this second volume of his memoirs, the author provides an eyewitness and intensely personal vision of the crucible out of which the Nazi monster appeared. Through articles, translations of Hitler's speeches, and his own broadcasts, Shirer desperately tried to warn the Western World of the demonic scourge. This tale of these harrowing and historic times is enhanced by 92 photographs he took or collected throughout this period. A clean pristine copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012523
- Title
- The Nightmare Years: 1930-1940; Volume II
- Author
- William L. Shirer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316787035
- ISBN 13
- 9780316787031
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NAZI GERMANY, WILLIAM SHIRER, NEWSPAPERMAN, WORLD WAR II, OVERSEAS RADIO CORRESPONDENTS, REPORTER IN GERMANY WWII, CONTROL OF NUREMBERG,BATTLE FOR BRITAIN, DUNKIRK
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoirs;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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