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The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in War and Peace
by Victor Lefebure
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Chemical Foundation , 1923 The Chemical Foundation, New York. 1923. Hardcover. First American Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to board bottom edges; tarnishing to gilt on spine; stiff pages from basement storage/dampness. DJ: Fair; missing pieces at head, tail, and top of rear panel. Red cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Deckled edges. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 282 pp 8vo. This book is an account of the critical struggle for power and for the decisive war initiative. The campaign fostered by the great Rhine factories and the pressing problems which they represent. A matter of pre-eminent public interest concerning the sincerity of disarmament, the future of warfare, and the stability of peace. The author regards chemical disarmament as the most vital factor for a comprehensive world peace in the future. The existence of the great German Organic Chemical monopoly remains a perpetual threat to that peace. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015025
- Title
- The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in War and Peace
- Author
- Victor Lefebure
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Chemical Foundation
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- World War I, peace treaties, chemical warfare, abolishment of chemical warfare, German Organic Chemical factories, mustard gas, nerve gas, warfare, peace, disarmament, war treaties, German war preparation, Treaty of Versailles, World War II,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
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