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Under Fire
by Griffin, W. E. B
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0399147888
- ISBN 13
- 9780399147883
- Seller
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A novel of the Korean war. First printing with correct full number line sequence. This copy is in beautiful, apparently unread condition with no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true, and the corners are square. There is a mark of some sort spanning the width of the foreedge of the textblock, otherwise this copy would be in "fine" condition. Dust jacket is not price-clipped but does have some flaws including some scuffing to the back cover, some general edge wear (bumping but no tears), and three small spots (perhaps from moisture and all less than 1" in diameter) on the front cover that are not readily noticeable. This collectible, near fine/very good+, first edition/first printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!
Synopsis
After the epic struggle of World War II, W.E.B. Griffin's bestselling chronicle of the Marine Corps enters a new stage of modern warfare—with new weapons, new strategies, and a new breed of warrior—on the battlefields of Korea…In 1950, Captain Ken McCoy's report on North Korean hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that he is promptly booted out of the Corps—and just as promptly picked up by the fledgling CIA. Soon, his predictions come true: on June 25th the North Koreans invade across the 38th parallel. Immediately veterans scattered throughout military and civilian life are called up, many with only seventy-two hours notice. For these men and their families, names such as Inchon and Pusan will acquire a new, bloody reality—and become their greatest challenge of all…
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- Bookseller
- rarefirstscom
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000446
- Title
- Under Fire
- Author
- Griffin, W. E. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399147888
- ISBN 13
- 9780399147883
- Publisher
- Putnam Pub Group
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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- Good+
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- Number Line
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- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
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- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
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