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A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware
by Chant, Christopher
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0710207204
- ISBN 13
- 9780710207203
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition. 566pp. In green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Small 4to. A large and heavy volume which may incur an additional charge for overseas delivery. Boards very slightly rounded at spine tips. Some minor warping on front free endpaper, and an ownership stamp, with classification and accession numbers, on the title page indicating the volume was once in the library of the Ministry of Defence. In its original dust jacket, a little rubbed on corners and spine tips, flat crease on front cover, lightly bumped at edges and some mild visible shelf wear on verso. Provides in a single volume the salient technical and operational details of all the most important weapons from the post war period to the mid 1980s, making it a goldmine of information for the professional, the general readers and the weapons 'buff'.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019006
- Title
- A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware
- Author
- Chant, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0710207204
- ISBN 13
- 9780710207203
- Publisher
- Routledge Kegan & Paul
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 544
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Weapons, Military Hardware,
- X weight
- 1.25 kg
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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