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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. What stands out so clearly in these remembrances of things past is the unmistakable ring of authenticity in every account, a rare quality in the literature of war. Even after 70 years, every recollection remains vivid. Time has done little to dim those parlous times and recollections; they add depth and breadth to tales of wartime and to the significance of experiences lives in service.World War I Remembered is an exceptional human document--a legacy of greatness to be treasured for a very long time. There are 56 recollections of war in this remarkable book. Each account is a highly personal remembrance of life and death in a war fought 70 years ago in all corners of the globe. Each hero here captures the terror, the drama, the blood, and the boredom of war as they knew it. Each memory is a straightforward account of never-to-be-forgotten experiences. Each is a candid assessment of what it meant to serve.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. What stands out so clearly in these remembrances of things past is the unmistakable ring of authenticity in every account, a rare quality in the literature of war. Even after 70 years, every recollection remains vivid. Time has done little to dim those parlous times and recollections; they add depth and breadth to tales of wartime and to the significance of experiences lives in service.World War I Remembered is an exceptional human document--a legacy of greatness to be treasured for a very long time. There are 56 recollections of war in this remarkable book. Each account is a highly personal remembrance of life and death in a war fought 70 years ago in all corners of the globe. Each hero here captures the terror, the drama, the blood, and the boredom of war as they knew it. Each memory is a straightforward account of never-to-be-forgotten experiences. Each is a candid assessment of what it meant to serve.…

paperback. Condizione: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.…

Condizione: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. What stands out so clearly in these remembrances of things past is the unmistakable ring of authenticity in every account, a rare quality in the literature of war. Even after 70 years, every recollection remains vivid. Time has done little to dim those parlous times and recollections; they add depth and breadth to tales of wartime and to the significance of experiences lives in service.World War I Remembered is an exceptional human document--a legacy of greatness to be treasured for a very long time. There are 56 recollections of war in this remarkable book. Each account is a highly personal remembrance of life and death in a war fought 70 years ago in all corners of the globe. Each hero here captures the terror, the drama, the blood, and the boredom of war as they knew it. Each memory is a straightforward account of never-to-be-forgotten experiences. Each is a candid assessment of what it meant to serve.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. What stands out so clearly in these remembrances of things past is the unmistakable ring of authenticity in every account, a rare quality in the literature of war. Even after 70 years, every recollection remains vivid. Time has done little to dim those parlous times and recollections; they add depth and breadth to tales of wartime and to the significance of experiences lives in service.World War I Remembered is an exceptional human document--a legacy of greatness to be treasured for a very long time. There are 56 recollections of war in this remarkable book. Each account is a highly personal remembrance of life and death in a war fought 70 years ago in all corners of the globe. Each hero here captures the terror, the drama, the blood, and the boredom of war as they knew it. Each memory is a straightforward account of never-to-be-forgotten experiences. Each is a candid assessment of what it meant to serve.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. None. 8.90 X 6 X 0.90 inches; 360 pages fmc2%262D.

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: new.

Softcover. Condizione: As New. As New condition, no DJ. Unknown edition, printing. No markings to the text block. No marks of personal identification or prior ownership.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good+. Fine minus condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Journal.

Soft Cover. Condizione: As New. First Edition. First Edition. New and unopened, ships in a box.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Book Club Edition. Book of the Month Club (BOMC) better than usual quality printing. A nice and newish book with stiff spine, rigid boards and pointed tips. Jacket has tiny tear at bottom spine back. Looks great in its new plastic book protector. A great edition that gives a cross section of excellent mystery writers for someone who thought about getting into the mystery genre but hasn't yet done so. Not Signed.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 170 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.39 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: Very Good. New book. Some light storage wear at edges and corners. Some light marks and faint storage scratches to cover. Content and pages as new.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 345 pages. 9.25x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: good. Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in Good condition! Any other included accessories are also in Good condition showing use. Use can include some highlighting and writing, page and cover creases as well as other types visible wear.

Condizione: Good. a new edition. Cloth, G. xxiv+309pp+32pp publishers catalogue, b/w frontis, 184 b/w illustrations, cloth rather rubbed, corners bumped, split to the cloth along the rear hinge repaired a little crudely, sporadic foxing to the pages. A good reading copy. Interesting account from some 22 emminent late Victorian authors of the reasons & experiences thay had in writing & getting published their first books. 950 grams.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth, spine decorated in gilt, 832 pages clean and unmarked, light occasional age toning; covers lightly worn, binding is loosening somewhat but volume is still solid and presentable [photo]; contains serialization of John Vale's Guardian. By David Christie Murray and A Dead Reckoning. By T.W. Speight., as well as many other Familiar Sketches, essays, Poetry, Popular Science, Tales and Other Narratives, and Miscellaneous Articles of Instruction and Entertainment; Index in 3 columns, text in 2 columns.…

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 224pp,roll, appendix, bw ills, map. Or black boards in jacket. Light foxing to edges and endpapers, prev owners name on front free endpaper, light edge wear to jacket. From its formation, through battle in Malaya and Singapore and years as POWs of the Japanese in Thailand/Burma. Size: 8vo.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 224pp,roll, appendix, bw ills, map. Black boards in jacket. Light toning to page edges, prev owners name on front free endpaper. From its formation, through battle in Malaya and Singapore and years as POWs of the Japanese in Thailand/Burma. Size: 8vo.…

Red Cloth. Condizione: Very Good +. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Red Cloth. First Edition. Very Good+, No Dust Jacket. "Compiled Under The Direction Of The Committee On Scientific Method In The Social Sciences Of The Social Science Research Council." 822 Pages, Slightly Age-Toned At Edges. Five Words Underlined In Red Pencil On Pg.Ix Of The Table Of Contents.No Other Underlining Or Marking. Previous Owner's Name In Very Light Pencil On Front Endpaper. Covers Clean And Unmarked. Top Of Spine Frayed. Bottom Of Spine Shelfworn. A Solid, Tight Book.…

TWO VOLUME COMPLETE SET. "New Impression" (as stated upon each volume's respective title page - early reprint as set was first published in 1898). Each hardcover, H 21.25cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jackets (i.e. lacking). Red cloth bindings; strong mottling to sunned spines; some flaking loss to spines' gilt lettering but all still easily legible; spine ends bumped/frayed; strong mottling to Vol. II's rear board but boards otherwise have lighter mottling and soiling. Text blocks' top edges darkened; some foxing to toned fore-edges and bottom edges. Each volume with personal bookplate of presumed secondary owner British collector C.W. Christie-Miller [Charles Wakefield Christie-Miller] on their respective front pastedowns ; bookplate illustrated with statue/fountain of child holding fish with foreground of flowers and 1911 date along with small compass diagram at bottom center with latter also serving as an artist monogram for Joseph Walter West, a noted British bookplate designer who donated a large collection of his work to The British Museum in 1908. Ink ownership inscriptions of set's first owner (presumed by date) "G.D. Chapman. | [illegible-address?] | 1900." on each volume's half-title. Interior foxing generally strongest on several initial and rear leaves with other occurrences mostly at plates; interior leaves mostly remain clean. Volume I binding slightly shaken between ffep verso and half-title but text block otherwise firm; Volume II's binding retains some crispness. *** VOLUME I: i-xxvii, [1], 1-447 pages plus 32 page advertising section. With Introduction by Field-Marshal The Right Hon. Viscount Wolseley (pages vii-xvi), Preface (pages xvii-xxiii), two b/w portraits (including frontispiece) on unpaged leaves as called for, total of fifteen maps (thirteen b/w, one b/w foldout, one color foldout) on unpaged leaves also all present as called for, and publisher's concluding 32 page "Messrs. Longmans, Green, & Co.'s Classified Catalogue of Works in General Literature." *** VOLUME II: [8], 1-528 pages. Features a total of eighteen b/w maps (three of which are foldouts) on unpaged leaves also all present as called for plus concluding Index for both volumes. No tipped-in errata slip as was issued with earlier editions (presumably Longmans made the needed text corrections). *** Please note that this set has an approximate shipping weight of 4.5 pounds (2 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. …

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. He begins by thanking them for sending 'a Copy of Hand work & Head work' by Baroness Martha Von Marenholtz Bülow (1810-1893), 'a book on a subject which I trust will soon attract general attention'. In his judgment 'Frau Bu low is [] very fortunate in getting so skilful a writer as Miss Christie [Alice M. Christie] to interpret her in England'. He is however 'sorry the circumstances so frankly explained in the translator's preface have not had more influence on the title page. As the Baroness does not consider her work completely translated should not the title page give some hint of omissions?' He infers that 'the Baroness has lost her rights in the matter through some informality, but it seems a pity she could not have been propitiated.' He ends by asking for 'the address of Mr A. Sonnenschein the well known educational writer & lecturer'.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Features: Great cover illustration of yellow country school bus by Stevan Dohanos; Lt. Gen. John Clifford Hodges Lee - Batting for Eisenhower - photo illustrated article; Cleanup on the Wabash - How Terra Haute, Indiana rallied behind businessman Mayor Vernon R. McMillan to regain its long-lost self-respect; Our Incredible Ride Home - Capt. Robert B. Hotz describes the dramatic return to base of his Mitchell bomber after it blasted a railway bridge in Indo-China - with photo of pilot Jesse Weber in hospital; Main Street Moves to Amirabad - fascinating photo-illustrated article about the American suburb constructed in Iran by the Persogulf Command will probably surprise younger readers; The Church Solves a Problem - This Baltimore plan proves that most lonely servicemen and defense workers put up with honky-tonks and 'victory girls' only if there is nothing else to do; They Want to Save Capitalism - They Say! - Businessmen wonder what the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department has in store for them; Long Pants for Australia - Wartime industrialization has brought plans to become a world power; Hollywood's Magnificent Mug - William Bendix. Short Stories: The Splendid Outcase; Horatio at the Bridge; Mr. Tutt Corners a Fox; back to the Beach; 12:20 P.M. (part 2 of 7); remembered Death (conclusion). Fabulous color-illustrated White Truck ad entitled "20-Million Rubber Trees for Los Angeles". Excellent one-page color-illustrated Chris-Craft ad shows a speeding 26-ft. Super Deluxe Cruiser. Nice one-page color-illustrated Webster Cigars ad shows military officers enjoying a high-brow musical performance. Nice color one-page ad for Lane Cedar Hope Chests shows yearning maiden thinking of romance. 104 pages. Campbell's Soup ad clipped from page 31 has removed illustration from the Agatha Christie serial beginning on page 32. Unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy.; Cover Illustration; Folio. Illustrated by Dohanos, Stevan (illustratore).…