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The Great Sieges
by Windrow, Martin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London : Quercus Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Numerous black and white photos, illustrations and map illustrations. Dramatic stories of history’s great sieges, including Stalingrad, the Alamo, Malta, Gibraltar and Paris. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). 207 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; History of Warfare; ISBN/EAN: 9781847248312. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51436. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges clean, neat and free of foxing
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51436
- Title
- The Great Sieges
- Author
- Windrow, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 207
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History of Warfare BZDB397 warfare, sieges, WWII, Leningrad. Paris, the Alamo, Vietnam. Tobruk Military & Warfare; History of Warfare; The Great Sieges
- Size
- A4 (300 x 210mm approx.)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Biblio member since 2020
Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Books sourced from all over the world adorn our shelves. We carry a general range of books, some 18,000, including fiction and non-fiction in all genres. We stock collectibles, rare and antiquarian and many out-of-print books. Lonely Planet described Spencer & Murphy Booksellers as "the best bookshop in the North" and we are known as a treasure trove of books and often as Aladdin's Cave of Books.
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