Half to Remember. Reminiscences of an Australian Infantry Soldier in World War II
by Fearnside G.H
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0909918066
- ISBN 13
- 9780909918064
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Sydney, Australia,: Haldane Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1975. Hardcover, light blue cloth in unclipped dust-jacket. 198pp., Illustrated with 20 pages of photographs on coated stock and map endpapers. Signed presentation copy by author. First edition. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside front and rear boards. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. Presented to previous owner with inscription that reads: "For Dick Corkrum, a valued American comrade-in-arms of the New Guinea campaign, -with best wishes, G.H. Fearnside". A memoir from a front line soldier who fought at Tobruck and El Alamein. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, save for author's inscription on title page. Near Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010965
- Title
- Half to Remember. Reminiscences of an Australian Infantry Soldier in World War II
- Author
- Fearnside G.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0909918066
- ISBN 13
- 9780909918064
- Publisher
- Haldane Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, Australia,
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- World War II, Australian Infantry, Memoir
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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