Never a Shot in Anger
by Oldfield, Barney (Colonel)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce, 1956. First edition. Cloth. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. 8vo, 334 pp. Information officer's memoir of WWII and the press. Inscribed and signed by author. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards lightly bumped, small spot to rear board, page edges tanned, small aree of ffep (verso) discolored from laid-in item. Jacket sunned, rubbed and edgeworn with some chipping at head and heel of spine and folds, small stain to rear fold.
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- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16984
- Title
- Never a Shot in Anger
- Author
- Oldfield, Barney (Colonel)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duell Sloan & Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- , World War II , , ,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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