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Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler and the Crushing of a City
by Richie, Alexandra
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0007180438
- ISBN 13
- 9780007180431
- Seller
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. "1".* Date of Publication: 2014* Publisher: William Collins.* Binding and cover condition: B/w photo-illustrated soft card covers showing armed partisans in the rubble. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Single crease to spine, none to hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, slight age to all edges, no other visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: Three blocks of 8pp. B/w photos.* Pages: 649 pp. text. xxxvii pp. author's note & pronunciation guide, notes, index and blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- The traumatic story of one of the last major battles of World War II, in which the Poles fought off German troops and police, street by street, for sixty-three days. The Warsaw Uprising of August 1944 was a shocking event in a hideous war. This is the first account to recall the tragedy from both German and Polish perspectives and asks why, when the war was nearly lost, Hitler and Himmler decided to return to Warsaw bent on murder, deportation, and destruction.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with absolutely minimal age and wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3554
- Title
- Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler and the Crushing of a City
- Author
- Richie, Alexandra
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn. Thus 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0007180438
- ISBN 13
- 9780007180431
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 704
- Date Published
- 2014-08-28
- Size
- 12.9 x 4.6 x 19.8 cm
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