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Backs to the Wall: The Heroic Story of the People of London During World War II
by Mosley, Leonard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0394460804
- ISBN 13
- 9780394460802
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition, First printing.. New York: Random House, 1971. First American Edition, First printing. Fine/Very Good+. Fine First Edition in clean original dust jacket. Clean unfaded red cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with awesome historical photographs. 430 pages + "About the Author." Clean bright dust jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap; tiny bit of corner wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. This is the story of how London lived during World War II, and of the agonies, privations, pungent humor and bravery of her citizens--ordinary people leading extraordinary lives in the most dangerous city on earth..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0029544
- Title
- Backs to the Wall: The Heroic Story of the People of London During World War II
- Author
- Mosley, Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First American Edition, First printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0394460804
- ISBN 13
- 9780394460802
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN, BRITISH HISTORY, WORLD WAR II, LONDON, BLITZ, LEONARD MOSLEY, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain; World War II;
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- Good+
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- Edges
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- Price Clipped
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