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National Service Capers: Comedic retrospectives from the national service years
by Green, Jim
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/F/ND
- ISBN 10
- 1478354305
- ISBN 13
- 9781478354307
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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus?* Date of Publication: 2012* Publisher: Jim Green.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated soft card covers with white titles to spine and face. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: Unpaginated. No addenda* Product Description:- Twenty seven individual stories featuring the comedic adventures of short and swarthy Ginger Harrison and his tall lanky mate Sticky Albright over a two-year sojourn in defence of king and country; the skives and the scams, the conflicts with irascible Sergeant ?Bandy? Jordan and supercilious Squadron-Leader Aljonquin Phartingail ffoulkes-Knight; the camaraderie among fellow inmates of Hut 29 in RAF Padgate. These tales are loosely based on the experiences of the author during his stint as a national serviceman during the 1950s.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st thus, with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2250
- Title
- National Service Capers: Comedic retrospectives from the national service years
- Author
- Green, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus?
- ISBN 10
- 1478354305
- ISBN 13
- 9781478354307
- Publisher
- CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Place of Publication
- UK 0
- Date Published
- 2012-08-05
- Size
- 15.2 x 2.2 x 22.9 cm
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