The Profits of War. Translated from the French Les Profits de Guerre a travers les Siecles by Geoffrey Sainsbury
by LEWINSOHN, Richard
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About This Item
New York: Dutton, 1937. First American Edition. Octavo. Tan cloth, lettered in deep red on spine and front cover; red top-stain; dustjacket; 287pp. Mildest of toning to cloth on spine, else a tight, straight, Near Fine copy in the original dustwrapper, lightly rubbed and edgeworn with slight darkening to spine; Very Good. Important work exploring the profit motive in war from the Classical Era through the early stages of the European conflict of the Thirties.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18888
- Title
- The Profits of War. Translated from the French Les Profits de Guerre a travers les Siecles by Geoffrey Sainsbury
- Author
- LEWINSOHN, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Great Britain; Economics; Continental Europe;
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- Tight
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
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