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Home Before The Leaves Fall: A New History Of The German Invasion Of 1914 (General Military)
by Senior, Ian
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1849088438
- ISBN 13
- 9781849088435
- Seller
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Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2012. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight Read Copy - First Edition First Printing With All Numbers 1 Through To 10 - Ex Library Copy With All Usual Stamps Marks Inserts Etc. Photo Illustrations. Black Cloth Hard Cover With Silver Gilt Titles On Spine - Cocked Spine From Reading - Slight Edge Rubbing. Unclipped Jacket With Faint Wear..
Synopsis
Ian Senior read Natural Sciences at Cambridge and has taught at Dulwich College for many years. He is also Associate Lecturer in the History of Art for the Open University and a Principal Examiner for the University of Cambridge International Examination Board. A fluent German and French speaker, he first became interested in the battlefields of 1914 when visiting his wife's family in her native Belgium. This is his first book.
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- Seller
- M and P Books PBFA member
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 007392
- Title
- Home Before The Leaves Fall: A New History Of The German Invasion Of 1914 (General Military)
- Author
- Senior, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1849088438
- ISBN 13
- 9781849088435
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Military First World War
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military and Military History;
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Buxton, Derbyshire
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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