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THE GUNS OF AUGUST (EASTON PRESS)
by Tuchman, Barbara W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- NF
- Seller
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Mount Vernon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Easton Press. NF. 1987. Leather bound. Hardback in Near Fine condition without dust jacket. The Leather Bound Library of Military History. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 511 pages. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. Collector's Edition. Bound in Genuine Leather. Book is still crisp and gold gilded page edges in excellent condition. Gilt decoration to spine and boards. Raised spine bands, satin endpapers and sewn in bookmark. Includes Collector's Notes and unsigned and unpasted bookplate .
Synopsis
The Guns of August, originally published as August 1914 (1962), is a military history book written by Barbara Tuchman. It primarily describes the events of the first month of World War I. The focus of The Guns of August is to provide the history of World War I from the declaration of war through the start of the Franco-British offensive that stopped the German advance through France.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Easton's Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61208
- Title
- THE GUNS OF AUGUST (EASTON PRESS)
- Author
- Tuchman, Barbara W
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - NF
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Military History, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Easton's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2008
Mount Vernon, Washington
About Easton's Books, Inc.
We specialize in top quality used books in all categories and have been selling used books for 30 years.
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- Edges
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- Bookplate
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
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