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Buffalo Bill Remembers; Truth and Courage
by LTG William "Buffalo Bill" W. Quinn
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0923568239
- ISBN 13
- 9780923568238
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Fowlerville, MI: Wilderness Adventure Books, 1991 Wilderness Adventure Books, Fowlerville, MI. 1991. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; soiling to textblock edges; light dust soiling to top of boards. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($18.95); wear to head, tail, and tips; closed tears to head and top of front panel; edge bumping to bottom edge. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine and front board; regimental crest on front board in silver. 468 pp 8vo. This is a collection of anecdotes about LTG William Quinn's years in the Army, before, during, and after World War II and the Korean Conflict. The author shares some of the common experiences that intelligence officers, historians, and veterans of those wars will especially appreciate. He was an intelligence officer in WWII, commander of the 7th Army in Europe, and of the 17th Infantry in the Korean War. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009440
- Title
- Buffalo Bill Remembers; Truth and Courage
- Author
- LTG William "Buffalo Bill" W. Quinn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0923568239
- ISBN 13
- 9780923568238
- Publisher
- Wilderness Adventure Books
- Place of Publication
- Fowlerville, MI
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- World War II, Personal memoirs, Military career, Korean Conflict, Korean War, 17th Infantry, Buffalo Bill, 7th Army, Army intelligence, West Point, Barry Goldwater,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
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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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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