La Place de la Concorde Suisse
by John McPhee
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near fine/none, 1st printing, used but looks like new, illustrated stiff paper wraps, 150pp. Interior clean, no marks except some remains of glue on the ffep where it appears a sticker, possibly a book plate was removed by a former owner, pages near bright, binding tight. Slightest of rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners square.
Synopsis
La Place de la Concorde Suisse is John McPhee's rich, journalistic study of the Swiss Army's role in Swiss society. The Swiss Army is so quietly efficient at the art of war that the Israelis carefully patterned their own military on the Swiss model.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030941
- Title
- La Place de la Concorde Suisse
- Author
- John McPhee
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- JOHN MCPHEE, SWITZERLAND
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.