Brassey's Battles: 3,500 Years of Conflict, Campaigns, and Wars from A-Z
by Laffin, John
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Potomac Books Inc, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Laffin, John : Brassey's Battles: 3,500 Years of Conflict, Campaigns, and Wars from A-Z. London : Brassey's Defence Publications, 1986. First edition/first printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 10.125"/25.5cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color (marbled white background) pictorial paper boards, lettering to spine and front board. Lacks dj, likely published wo. Front endpaper features map of Allied Air War Theater in Europe, WWII; back Hannibal's campaigns to pastedown and SE Asia during Vietnam conflict to free side. Xiv pp prelim material, 484 numbered pp, plus two blank. List of maps, author's intro, list of major wars covered, beginning with Greek-Persian Wars of Antiquity, up through Iran-Iraq, Grenada, and other 80s wars; list of Axis and Allied codenames of WWII; entries arranged by alphabet; maps. Condition notes: light wear to boards with corners bumped and spine ends rolled. Inside all clean, tight and bright. A nice copy of an impressive compendium of mostly Western Civ-oriented conflicts. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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- Bookseller
- Furrowed Brow Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 221027010
- Title
- Brassey's Battles: 3,500 Years of Conflict, Campaigns, and Wars from A-Z
- Author
- Laffin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Date Published
- 1986
- Weight
- 2.44 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History; History;
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Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.