Into the Valley: a skirmish of the Marines
by Hersey, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1943. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Major Donald L. Dickson USMC. 200 g; pp. 96(last blank); portrait frontispiece, 14 plates; original cloth slightly bumped at the top of the rear board, with traces of foxing to the top edge of the text block. . "On the eighth day of October in the first year of our war, I went down into a valley with Captain Charles Rigaud of the United States Marines. A small skirmish took place down there. The Valley was on Guadalcanal Island, but it might have been anywhere. The skirmish was just an episode in an insignificant battle." -- from the opening paragraph Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Major Donald L. Dickson USMC. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History -- World War II; Inventory No: 0212836. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0212836
- Title
- Into the Valley: a skirmish of the Marines
- Author
- Hersey, John
- Illustrator
- Major Donald L. Dickson USMC
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Guadalcanal Military & Warfare; Military History -- World War II; Major Donald L. Dickson USMC Unbranded Hersey, John Into the Valley: a skirmish of the Marines
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History -- World War II;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
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- 12mo
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....