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SUEZ
by THOMAS, HUGH
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Harper & Row, 1966. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Hardcover BCE and Vintage Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. An essay in contemporary history that explores and explains the extraordinary sequence of events that culminated in the Anglo-French Suez expedition in 1956 and the Israeli invasion of the Sinai Peninsula; the enmity between Dulles and Eden; the Israeli desire for a preventive war; the shades of Munich and appeasement that haunted British statesmen; the question of oil supplies; --so many aspects perhaps unknown or forgotten about this international crises in the 1950s. Black cloth red and yellow titled on spine; very clean and unmarked; no edgewear; top edge of text block dust-dulled; tight and solid binding. internals in fine condition. Clean black jacket with orange lettering, rubbed, light edgewear, light chipping to spine ends. 264 pages. 5.75x8.5". 1966, Harper & Row, USA
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Details
- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 015102
- Title
- SUEZ
- Author
- THOMAS, HUGH
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SUEZ CANAL-1950S EGYPT SINAI PENINSULA ISRAEL ASSWAN DAM NASSAR GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE DULLES
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Middle East;
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About the Seller
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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
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