Gideon Goes to War - The Story of Major-General Orde C. Wingate
by Mosley, Leonard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages. Index. Black and white photos. "Picking his way carefully among fact and legend, idolization and belittlement, Mr. Mosley tells the Wingate story with tact and skill and unrelaxing readability." - dust jacket. "The story of probably the most incredible and controversial military figure to emerge from World War II." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name and armorial bookplate upon front free endpaper. Average wear to price-clipped just jacket which is preserved in mylar. A sound copy. Enser p.477..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 517H3536
- Title
- Gideon Goes to War - The Story of Major-General Orde C. Wingate
- Author
- Mosley, Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Gideon Goes to War - The Story of Major-General Orde C. Wingate Burma Col. Philip Cochran U.S. Air Force Chindit Campaign Chindits Palestine
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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