Forewarned is Forearmed: A History of the Royal Observer Corps
by T.E. Winslow, with a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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About This Item
London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Great Britain: William Hodge & Company, Limited, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Firmly bound, red cloth boards, a little tanning on the title page, foxing mostly on the closed page edges, jacket not price clipped with some foxing marks and handling wear mostly along the top edge including a little paper loss form the top of the spine.
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- Bookseller
- Ryde Bookshop Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 085756
- Title
- Forewarned is Forearmed: A History of the Royal Observer Corps
- Author
- T.E. Winslow, with a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Hodge & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 290
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- regiments, regimental history
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Ryde Bookshop Limited
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Ryde, Isle of Wight
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- Cloth
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