They Came from the Sky
by Cookridge, E. H.; Foreowrd by Col. Maurice J. Buckmaster
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967 First printing of the first American edition. An account of three British officers who parachuted into enemy occupied France, setting up French resistance networks to prepare for the forthcoming Allied invasion. Black cloth with silver and orange lettered spine, orange endpapers, 257pp., Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear to bottom front cover and mild creasing/rubbing to edges (primarily to extremities) and light rubbing, else fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002630
- Title
- They Came from the Sky
- Author
- Cookridge, E. H.; Foreowrd by Col. Maurice J. Buckmaster
- Illustrator
- Carl Smith [Jacket Design]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- WWII, British and French Resistance, Aviation, Paratroopers.
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