The Zimmerman Telegram
by Tuchman, Barbara
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Slipcased
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
The Folio Society, London, 2005. Reprint. Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition/Slipcased. Illustrator: Photographic. Introduction by Margaret Macmillan. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, list of sources, & index. Tan coloured end pages. 1/4 chocolate brown coloured cloth covered back strip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 photographic laminated boards, showing a photograph of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Woodrow Wilson. Chocolate coloured slip case. In 1917 the German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmerman sent a cable to his Ambassador in Washington for transmission to the German Ambassador in Mexico, announcing that Germany was going to start unrestricted submarine warfare on all shipping, allied or neutral, in the Atlantic. the decoding of that telegram by British intelligence in 1917 ultimately help to bring America into the war. Minor rubbing of the book corners with a little age toning of the text block edges. Fading along the front edges of the opening of the slip case with rubbing and marks also present. Third Printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XXI, [3], 3 - 225, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 0289236. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0289236
- Title
- The Zimmerman Telegram
- Author
- Tuchman, Barbara
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcased
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- BZDB2 WWI America Germany History; Military & Warfare. Photographic Unbranded Tuchman, Barbara The Zimmerman Telegram
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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