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The Great War
by George H. Allen Ph. D., Henry C. Whitehead, Admiral F.E. Chadwick USN
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No jacket, as issued.
- Seller
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Crockett, California, United States
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About This Item
Description: Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers, 8vo, complete 5 volume set, gilt stamped title/decoration on spine/front boards, gilt upper leaf edge, pale blue endpapers, frontispiece portraits opposite title page, illustrated text, bi-fold maps.
Titles:
Volume 1: Causes and Motives (introduction by William Howard Taft).
Volume 2: The Mobilization of the Moral and Physical Forces.
Volume 3: The Original German Plan and Its Culmination.
Volume 4: The Wavering Balance of Forces.
Volume 5: The Triumph of Democracy.
Overall dimensions: 12 W x 9.75 H x 7 D inches.
CONDITION NOTES: Good; fray started at extremities, one spine cover faded, other cloth covers sporadically rubbed, upper gilt leaf edges worn with some scratches, spines square, lead pages starting to loosen in one volume, overall pages light age-toned and clean. A nice set.
Titles:
Volume 1: Causes and Motives (introduction by William Howard Taft).
Volume 2: The Mobilization of the Moral and Physical Forces.
Volume 3: The Original German Plan and Its Culmination.
Volume 4: The Wavering Balance of Forces.
Volume 5: The Triumph of Democracy.
Overall dimensions: 12 W x 9.75 H x 7 D inches.
CONDITION NOTES: Good; fray started at extremities, one spine cover faded, other cloth covers sporadically rubbed, upper gilt leaf edges worn with some scratches, spines square, lead pages starting to loosen in one volume, overall pages light age-toned and clean. A nice set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1300
- Title
- The Great War
- Author
- George H. Allen Ph. D., Henry C. Whitehead, Admiral F.E. Chadwick USN
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers, 8vo, complete 5 volume set, gilt stamped title/decoration on spine/front boards, gilt upper l
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket, as issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1948-1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 8vo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
De Coux and Associates Books
Biblio member since 2013
Crockett, California
About De Coux and Associates Books
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