Austin: Eakin Press, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +/very good +. A very good plus / near fine first edition, inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper. Blue cloth boards, no bumps or rubbing, binding is a bit soft. In an unclipped, very good plus dust jacket showing a crease and slight rubbing to lower left front of jacket and miniscule wear to top right edge of jacket. xiv, 393 pages : illustrations, portraits. Octavo. Gut-wrenching, scared-as-hell story of a group of W.W. II college-age kids who flew B-25 Bombers in the South Pacific by the seat of their pants and wreaked havoc on Japanese military aspirations. Nine out of ten of the 354th didn't make it back.... R.E. Peppy Blount was one of these survivors." Front flap

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Bookseller: Uncommon Works (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1344
Title: We band of brothers [SIGNED]
Author: R. E. Peppy Blount
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very good +
Jacket Condition: very good +
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0890154430
ISBN 13: 9780890154434
Publisher: Eakin Press
Place of Publication: Austin
Date Published: 1984
Keywords: Air force, USAF, world war II
Bookseller catalogs: Military History;

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Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.

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