The Hawks of World War II
by Mark Lincoln Chadwin
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Book. Illus. by E. H. Shepard. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1998. Hardcover.1st Edition/1st Printing. Condition: Fine/Fine It is NOT and ex-library and the remains of a Vroman's book store sticker on the front free endpaper to show it. Also has a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. The text block is solid, clean and square but has a minor bit of soiuling along front text block. Endpapers are clear of any other markings. Spine tight, boards rigid and tips pointed. Shelf wear to bottom boards. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped but has some small tears and fray at edges and spine ends. Now looks shiny and new in it's archival mylar cover. .
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- Seller
- Winding Road Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000496
- Title
- The Hawks of World War II
- Author
- Mark Lincoln Chadwin
- Illustrator
- E. H. Shepard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- World War II History
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