The Russian Version of the Second World War
by Graham Lyons, Ed
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£11.91£8.34
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Facts on File Publications, 1976 Facts on File Publ., New York. 1976. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight rubbing and bumping to heel and tips from shelving. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 142 pp. The story of the war as taught to Russian schoolchildren; translated from the Russian. The Russian perspective on the war is not more distorted than the standard Western offerings. The Russians believe that it was they who bore the brunt of the fighting and the horror. They also claim that it was they who defeated the Germans with rather minimal help from the Western Allies. A clean pristine edition.
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- Seller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 001931
- Title
- The Russian Version of the Second World War
- Author
- Graham Lyons, Ed
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Facts on File Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR II, STALINGRAD, ON THE EASTERN FRONT, RUSSIAN CONTRIBUTION TO MARSHALL STALIN, DEFENSE OF MOSCOW, GREAT PATRIOTIC
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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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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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...