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Waterloo: Battle of Three Armies. Three Accounts: Anglo-Dutch; French; Prussian.
by Lord Chalfont (ed.)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good - Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394511190
- ISBN 13
- 9780394511191
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine. 239 (1) pp, 19 Chapters: The Battle of Waterloo from three perspectives: 1.) Anglo-Dutch by William Seymour; 2.) French by Jacques Champagne; 3.) Prussian by Colonel Eberhard Kaulbach. appendix; notes, bibliographies, index. First Edition, 1980. "As the action unfolds, each country's writer gives his own view of the day that called forth some of th most brilliant tactical maneuvering in the history of warfare." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Owner's ex libris plate on ffep. Very small chips to top and bottom edges spine and top fore-edge corner tips of same. Age-toned text block edges, else, Printine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000316
- Title
- Waterloo: Battle of Three Armies. Three Accounts: Anglo-Dutch; French; Prussian.
- Author
- Lord Chalfont (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394511190
- ISBN 13
- 9780394511191
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Bookseller catalogs
- MILITARY HISTORY;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Gilt
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