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Battledress; The Uniforms of the World's Greatest Armies 1700 to the Present
by I.T. Schick, Editor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0907408729
- ISBN 13
- 9780907408727
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London, UK: Peerage Books, 1983 Peerage Books, London, UK. 1983. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear to lower tips and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light edge bumping. Red boards and spine with white lettering on spine and soldier pictures on front and rear boards. 256 pp 4to. This book traces the development of uniforms of the great armies of the world from the Wars of European Succession to the Atomic Age; from the irregular and sometimes not very practical garb of the armies of the eighteenth century to the highly sophisticated and well-camouflages uniforms and machinery with which war are familiar today. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007300
- Title
- Battledress; The Uniforms of the World's Greatest Armies 1700 to the Present
- Author
- I.T. Schick, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0907408729
- ISBN 13
- 9780907408727
- Publisher
- Peerage Books
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Armies, battledress, uniforms, standardized military uniforms, British military uniforms, American military uniforms,
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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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
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