War Below Zero The Battle for Greenland
de Balchen, Bernt, Corey Ford, Oliver La Farge
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Librería
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1944. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows soiling and edge wear with small tears and chipping, small stains on back. 1/2" piece missing from top spine of DJ. ; A tight solid book, blue cloth covered boards. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Map endpapers. ; B&W Photographs; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 127 pages; Written during the last years of World War II, this book is the story of the strategic implications of Greenland during the second world war, as a weather station to predict weather conditions during planned bombing runs over Europe. The book also recounts the crash of a B-17 bomber on the ice-cap during the war, and the subsequent rescue of the crew. .
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- Librería
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 20953
- Título
- War Below Zero The Battle for Greenland
- Autor
- Balchen, Bernt, Corey Ford, Oliver La Farge
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edición
- Book Club Edition
- Editorial
- Houghton and Mifflin
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1944
- Palabras clave
- Greenland, WWII
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Militaria; Militaria / WWII;
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Ainsworth Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Sobre 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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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
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- Book Club Edition
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