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Hitler's Last Weapons: The Underground War Against the V1 and V2
by Jozef Garlinski
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Times Books, 1978 Times Books, New York. 1978. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for overstock spray on the textblock bottom. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good +; light bumping and slight wear to head, tail, and tips. Blue buckram boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 239 pp 8vo. In this book, the author tells of the dramatic race by the underground movements all over Europe to halt Hitler's secret super-weapons program that threatened to change the course of the war. There was a race in Germany over which rocket, the V1 or the V2 would be the main weapon used over Europe and of the underground groups recover information and fragments of fired weapons to sent back to London. After Normandy, the Germans used thousands of V1 and V2 rockets on London, Antwerp, and other major cities. The war ended and the German experts were shuttled off to the US. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015651
- Title
- Hitler's Last Weapons: The Underground War Against the V1 and V2
- Author
- Jozef Garlinski
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Times Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- World War II, German Rocket Program, V1 Rockets, V2 Rockets, Wernher von Braun, Royal Air Force, RAF, Polish Underground, Hans Kammler, Peenemunde, Luftwaffe,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
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