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Alan's War; The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope
by Emmanuel Guibert
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1596430966
- ISBN 13
- 9781596430969
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: First Second Books, 2008 First Second Books, New York. 2008. Softcover/Trade Warps. First American Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; bumping to the fore edge and two small stains on the text block fore edge. No DJ but heavy board wraps are cut to resemble a DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 304 pp. As durable and evanescent as memories, Emmanuel Guibert's ink washes fuse with the recollections of World War II veteran Alan Ingram Cope. Together they render Alan's War, a unique piece of World War II literature and a ground-breaking graphic memoir, born of a deep friendship across the generations. A clean and very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002081
- Title
- Alan's War; The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope
- Author
- Emmanuel Guibert
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1596430966
- ISBN 13
- 9781596430969
- Publisher
- First Second Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- GRAPHIC NOVELS, WORLD WAR II MEMOIRS, ALAN INGRAM COPE, NORMANDY, IN FRANCE, THIRD ARMY, GEORGE PATTON, ARMORED TANKS, SHERMAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoirs; Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
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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- 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....
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....