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The Waacs (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)
by Nancy Shea
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1943. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York, 1943. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by author to John J. Slocum and Eileen Gillespie Slocum, directly on front free endpaper. A Very Good, grey cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, slightly bumped bottom board corners, bit of discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers, bit of age toning to pages, two soiled spots top text block edge, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, few small tears along edges, all four flap corners slightly clipped, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 243pp., appendix, indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1037926
- Title
- The Waacs (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)
- Author
- Nancy Shea
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Lavendier Books
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About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Inscribed
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