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Under the Bombs: The German Home Front, 1942-1945
by Beck, Earl Ray
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0813109779
- ISBN 13
- 9780813109770
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 1986. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large trade paperback. 252 pages. Bibliographical References, Bibliography. Index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. A history of the war from an oft times overlooked perspective, that being the lives of the civilian population trapped under the unrelenting bombardment of modern total war. No previous ownership marks. Mild curl to edges of covers from reading, else a nice copy of the exceedingly scarce true first edition of this title. No spine crease. A clean, tight and unmarked copy. Very good+..
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019606
- Title
- Under the Bombs: The German Home Front, 1942-1945
- Author
- Beck, Earl Ray
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0813109779
- ISBN 13
- 9780813109770
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Place of Publication
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Germany Civilians - World War II
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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- First Edition
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