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General Wainwright's Story; The Account Of Four Years Of Humiliating Defeat, Surrender, And Captivity. Edited by Robert Considine
by Wainwright, General Jonathan M
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition of General Wainwright's Story, signed by the author.. Octavo, [5], 314pp. Brown cloth, title stamped in gilt. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Bumped top corner, toning to endpapers. Generally clean text throughout. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $3.00 on front flap, light toning to spine, archival tape repair to verso at spine, a scarce example in this condition. Includes JSA Authentication, with sticker on verso of signed leaf. Signed on the front free endpaper: "To Theodore R. _, Sincerely, J.M. Wainwright. General. U.S.A." General Jonathan M. Wainwright was the Commander of Allied Forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to Japan in the early days of World War II. Upon the surrender of the Philippines and Corregidor, Wainwright became the highest ranking American prisoner of war during World War II. He was released in August of 1945. He received the Medal of Honor and returned to the United States with a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14764
- Title
- General Wainwright's Story; The Account Of Four Years Of Humiliating Defeat, Surrender, And Captivity. Edited by Robert Considine
- Author
- Wainwright, General Jonathan M
- Illustrator
- First edition of General Wainwright's Story, signed by the author.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- signed book General Wainwright, JA Wainwright, signed book Jonathan Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, Admiral Halsey Story, limited edition Reminiscences, signed book Douglas MacArthur, limited edition Douglas MacArthur, Crusade in Europe Eisen
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- Verso
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- Jacket
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- Copyright page
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
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