TARAWA: The Story of a Battle
by Sherrod, Robert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944. Presentation Copy, with HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on Time magazine stationery in pencil tipped in at front paste down, dated Mar. 23, 1944 - "Dear Mr. Albert, Thank you very much for the clipping of your review of Tarawa in the Seattle Argus. Sincerely yours, Robert Sherrod". Very Good, boards soiled, in Very Good dust jacket, old internal tape mends, edge wear, 3" tear at top edge rear flap fold. Robert Sherrod was a Time correspondent who landed at Tarawa on the first day with the assault wave of the center battalion. vi, 183 pp. with map end papers, roll of Tarawa's Casualties as of Jan. 26, 1944 pp.152-183. An importanat contribution to the understanding of the point of view of the Marines on the ground in battle. . HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009688
- Title
- TARAWA: The Story of a Battle
- Author
- Sherrod, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- World War II
- Bookseller catalogs
- U.S. History;
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
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- Jacket
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- Soiled
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- First Edition
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- Tipped In
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- Cloth
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