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MacArthur the Magnificent
by Considine, Bob
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson & Co.. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. [1942]. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Small contemporary bookseller's sticker on front endpaper "Hyndman's / Dunedin". Spots of foxing to page edges. Adhesive tape stains to margins of dust-jacket. Some small chips to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 160 pages + frontispiece + illustrations on 12 plate leaves. Blue cloth boards with red lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 183 x 122mm. A biography of General MacArthur of the United States Army. "His epic defence of the Philippines will remain in the annals of history for all time, and his appointment as Allied Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific war zone has been welcomed by all the United Nations." - from dust-jacket blurb. ; .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18649
- Title
- MacArthur the Magnificent
- Author
- Considine, Bob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1942]
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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