Vessel of Sadness
by Woodruff, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 070111682X
- ISBN 13
- 9780701116828
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1970. Lightly worn first edition in a very good and lightly age-toned dustjacket. The moving story of the men who sailed down the Clyde and were sent to the beaches north of Anzio during World War II in order to capture the Alban Hills and Rome. Black hardcover, map endpapers, illustrated dustjacket. Light shelfwear and minor corner bumping, good hinges, sound text block, brief gift notation on half-title, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has some minor age-darkening and foxing to the rear panel and spine, edge rubbing, effectively no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027389
- Title
- Vessel of Sadness
- Author
- Woodruff, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 070111682X
- ISBN 13
- 9780701116828
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR II MEDITERRANEAN ANZIO ITALY EUROPE
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History, World Wars and Militaria;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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- Spine
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.