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Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam
by Goldstein, Gordon M
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805079718
- ISBN 13
- 9780805079715
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Times Books, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes: Chapter Notes, Acknowledgments And Index. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Almond Paper Over One Quarter Black Cloth. Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has A Few Small Tears At The Foredge Due To Binding Error. Two Small Bumps To The Lower Board Edges.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047909
- Title
- Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam
- Author
- Goldstein, Gordon M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0805079718
- ISBN 13
- 9780805079715
- Publisher
- Times Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 300
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- United States - Foreign Relations - 1961-1963 - Decision Making; Vietnam - Foreign Relations - United States. Political, 20th Century, Southeast Asia
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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