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The Damned Die Hard
by Hugh McLeave
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Saturday Review Press, 1973 Saturday Review Press, New York. 1973. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good: light suntanning to spine; shallow chipping to tail. Green leatherette boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 303 pp 8vo. This book is the colorful, true story of the French Foreign Legion. Created by King Philippe in 1831 to conquer Algeria, the Legion has been the last resort for society's misfits, refugees, revolutionaries, poets, princes, and petty criminals- thus becoming The Legion of the Damned. The Legion has fought on four continents in more than thirty countries fighting in WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and Algeria. Today the Legion draws over 600 recruits a month and remains strong to its tradition of turning failures into self-respecting individuals. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014270
- Title
- The Damned Die Hard
- Author
- Hugh McLeave
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Saturday Review Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- French Foreign Legion, Legion of the Damned, World War I, World War II, Algeria, Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu, King Louis Philippe,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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