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1812: Napoleon in Moscow
by Austin, Paul Britten
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1853671959
- ISBN 13
- 9781853671951
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London/Mechanicsburg, PA: Greenhill Books/Stackpole Books, 1995 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. 264 (2) pp, illus. First Edition,1995. Not Price Clipped. Lightly age-toned text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "Napoleon's Grande Armee waits at the gates of Moscow, preparing to enter in triumphal procession. But it finds a city abandoned by its inhabitants - save only the men who emerge to fan the flames as incendiary fuses hidden throughout the empty buildings of Moscow set the city alight. For three days Moscow burns, while looters dodge the fires to plunder and pillage.".
Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006271
- Title
- 1812: Napoleon in Moscow
- Author
- Austin, Paul Britten
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1853671959
- ISBN 13
- 9781853671951
- Publisher
- Greenhill Books/Stackpole Books
- Place of Publication
- London/Mechanicsburg, PA
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORYNnAPOLEONIC WARS 1800-1815 CAMPAIGNS RUSSIA MOSCOW MILITARY LEADERSHIP
- Bookseller catalogs
- MILITARY HISTORY;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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