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Airborne: The Heroic Story of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in the Second World War

Name: Airborne: The Heroic Story of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in the Second World War
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Author: Nolan, Brian ** SIGNED **
ISBN: 9781895555776

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Lester Publishing, 1995. True 1st CDN Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4. Author's Note by author dated Spring 1995 at Sanxay, France. 12 chapters, 203 pp. plus: Acknowledgements, Bibliography, Index. Book, " . . . vividly recreates the terrifying night drop through a tracer-laden sky into France and the perilous daylight drop into Germany." (front flap) Dark blue cloth covered boards have silver gilt text on spine only. Spine ends are as new. Two front corners are bumped and the rear two less so. Unclipped DJ has shelf wear and light edge wear. FlatSIGNED Bookseller's Inventory # 242249.

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Bond, a shattered man after the death of his wife at the hands of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, has gone to pieces as an agent, endangering himself and his fellow operatives. M, unwilling to accept the loss of one of his best men, sends 007 to Japan for one last, near-impossible mission. But Japan proves to be Bond's downfall, leading him to a mysterious residence known as the 'Castle of Death' where he encounters an old enemy revitalized. All the omens suggest that this is the end for the British agent and, for once, even Bond himself seems unable to disagree...

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Title: Airborne: The Heroic Story of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in the Second World War
Author: Nolan, Brian ** SIGNED **
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: True 1st CDN Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 1895555779
ISBN 13: 9781895555776
Publisher: Lester Publishing
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1995
Pages: 227
Size: 8 1/2" X 5 3/4
Keywords: CANADA. CANADIAN ARMY. CANADIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION, 1ST - HISTORY. WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 - REGIMENTAL HISTORIES - CANADA.

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