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Semi-Private; or, How to be a Soldier in Ten Easy Lessons
by O'Leary, Sergeant Edward J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- Seller
-
Manlius, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hardcover Book in Dust Jacket. Presumed First Edition. Binding square and tight. Tips bumped. Contents clean and unmarked. Pages lightly aged. Jacket shows rubbing, edgewear, chipping and light soiling and is protected in a removable mylar sleeve. Collection of humorous stories, jokes and cartoons collected from "The Duckboard", the Fort Belvoir Virginia Military Training Center publication during WW II. Morale builder for the trainees, troops and families during the war years. Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Limestone Village Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1253
- Title
- Semi-Private; or, How to be a Soldier in Ten Easy Lessons
- Author
- O'Leary, Sergeant Edward J
- Illustrator
- Sansone, Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam and Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Pages
- 63
- Size
- 21 cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Army; General; History; Literary Collections; Military; Military life; United States; United States. Army; Humor; Military Humor; World War II;
Terms of Sale
Limestone Village Books
Returns accepted for 15 days after receipt of book if book does not meet condition as stated in the description.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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