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The Bitter Woods: The dramatic story, told at all echelons - from supreme command to squad leader - of the crisis that shook the Western Coalition: Hitler's Surprise Ardennes Offensive
by Eisenhower, John S. D
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 506 pages, illustrated with black and white photo section. The story of Hitler's desperate gamble in an effort to cause the collapse of the Allied coalition. Black cloth binding with gilt titles and small leaf decoration on front cover and spine, maps on end papers. Light edge wear, a little fading along edges of cover, corners and spine ends a little bumped, smudges and a little spotting of cover, gilt bright, interior pages clean and just a little tanned, owner's signature on half title and gift inscription on title page, binding tight. Black dust jacket with multi-colored titles shows some wear and scrubbing along edges, creases, short tears along edges, soiling along inner folds, tanning, chip in back cover dust jacket, short tear along back fold of jacket, not price clipped.
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- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01029
- Title
- The Bitter Woods
- Author
- Eisenhower, John S. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not stated
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- history, World War II, France, Battle of the Bulge,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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About the Seller
Scraps of American History
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- G
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- Edges
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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