Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
by Manchester, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fair to good
- ISBN 10
- 0316545015
- ISBN 13
- 9780316545013
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1980. First Edition. fair to good. 401, illus., maps, endpaper maps, rough spots ins bds where DJ flaps were pasted down (DJ not present), rough spots ins 2nd rear flyl. Small stains to inside margins of a few pages, boards somewhat soiled, some scuffing to spine.
Reviews
On May 24 2005, Texas Star Books said:
Could be the best memoir written about World War II. A Marine veteran recounts the island hopping campaigns.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15664
- Title
- Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
- Author
- Manchester, William
- Book Condition
- Used - fair to good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316545015
- ISBN 13
- 9780316545013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- WWII, Pacific Theater, Memoirs, U.S. Marines, Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Tarawa, Saipa
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- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...