Jackboot, The Story of the German Soldier
by Laffin , John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/Fair
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London : Cassell, 1965. First edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/Fair. Octavo. Binding is tight and spine fully intact but spine is cocked Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Both front and back endpapers are foxed, text appears to be free of foxing Edges are very browned The book is in fair condition but still a very readable copy For too long, believes John Laffin, the image of the German soldier has been distorted by the atrocities of the Nazis. In "Jackboot", the author gives the ordinary German soldier his due, tracing his background and influences from the time of Frederick the Great to the end of World War II. B & W photos
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56017
- Title
- Jackboot, The Story of the German Soldier
- Author
- Laffin , John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 237
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
- Keywords
- History of Warfare military, German soldiers, Nazis, German army
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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