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A War In Words - The First World War; Accompanying The Major Channel Four Series
by Palmer, Svetlana Wallis, Sarah
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/f/f
- ISBN 10
- 0743248317
- ISBN 13
- 9780743248310
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK ?WORLD WAR ONE CORRESPONDENCE,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 2003* Publisher: Simon & Schuster.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Photo-illustrated dust wrapper with archive photos. NOT PRICE CLIPPED showing shelf price of £14.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to cover. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight colouration to page edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos and line drawn maps throughout.* Pages: 363 pp. text. xviii pp. notes & post script at rear.* Description: The book starts with the the testimony of a Serbian teenager, one of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?s assassins. Each chapter focuses on one important episode of the war told from opposite sides of the conflict. The diaries and letters featured were uncovered during extensive research across twenty-eight countries for Channel 4?s groundbreaking series. Gripping, immediate and moving, A War in Words represents a major addition to First World War literature.* A NEAR FINE copy of th e 1st./1st. fnl, with NO MAJOR FAULTS. Reduced to VG++ by light paper colouration.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5589
- Title
- A War In Words - The First World War; Accompanying The Major Channel Four Series
- Author
- Palmer, Svetlana Wallis, Sarah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/f/f
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0743248317
- ISBN 13
- 9780743248310
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- London UK 381
- Date Published
- 2003-01-01
- Size
- 21.8 x 14.2 x 3.6 cm
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