The Winds of War
by Wouk, Herman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0002219417
- ISBN 13
- 9780002219419
- Seller
-
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Little, Brown & Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0002219417 . DJ shows some shelf wear, light chipping, creasing. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8.40 X 5.90 X 2.30 inches; 888 pages; Wouk has built a grand story around the Henry family, an American naval family during the events of WWII. They become heavily involved, drawing the reader in. The battles portrayed were real but the characters largely fictional. .
Synopsis
Follows the various members of the Henry family as they become involved in the events preceeding America's involvement in World War II.
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Details
- Seller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 21820
- Title
- The Winds of War
- Author
- Wouk, Herman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002219417
- ISBN 13
- 9780002219419
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- 0002219417, WWII, Holocaust, Concentration camp, us navy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Historical;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
Satisfaction guaranteed - if I have made an error in the description, I will refund book and shipping both ways. If the customer just changes his/her mind I will only refund one shipping charge. Please contact me before sending a book back. Any dust jackets on books will have a Mylar protector. Books shipped from US or Canada.
About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Book Club Edition
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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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...