AREA HANDBOOK FOR OCEANIA.
by Henderson, John W.; Barth, Helen A. et al
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1971., 1971.. Very good. - Octavo, dark green cloth. The tail of the spine is lightly creased. xiii & 555 pages with an errata page bound in. Illustrated with 2 folding black-and-white maps. Very good. <p>This is one of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies of the American University, Washington, DC "designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries."
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35691
- Title
- AREA HANDBOOK FOR OCEANIA.
- Author
- Henderson, John W.; Barth, Helen A. et al
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1971.
- Date Published
- 1971.
- Keywords
- TRAVEL; HISTORY; POLITICS; GOVERNMENT; ECONOMICS; MILITARY; SOCIETY; AREA HANDBOOK FOR OCEANIA; GUIDE; FOREIGN AREAS STUDIES, THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY; JOHN W. HENDERSON; HELEN A. BARTH; JUDITH M. HEIMANN; PHILIP W. MOELLER; FRANCISCO S. SORIANO; JOHN O. W
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.