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HUSTON, JAMES A. Across the Face of France: Liberation and Recovery 1944-63.
(West Lafayette, IN): Purdue University Studies, 1963. - 8vo, grayish blue cloth (spine slightly faded) titled in silver, in dw (soiled & chipped; dw spine & extremities darkened; small price sticker on front flap). ix & 251 pp. plus colophon (occasional light soiling; page edges slightly darkened). B&W front endpaper map & B&W illustrations. Good. First edition.Inscribed by the author on verso of the half-title to Civil War bibliographer C. E. Dornbusch: "With high regards to Charles E. Dornbusch, true patron of military history / James A. Huston / Nov. 11, 1963"."This book was 'conceived in battle' some twenty years ago, when the author was fighting in France. He has returned to the scene four times since then, revisiting battle sites and old friends and exploring postwar developments in France. [The work] is a rare combination of military and political history, meditation on the tragic predicament of man, and an affectionate portrait of Frenchmen and their country."--From the dw.
Offered for US$ 30.00 by: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. - Book number: 819
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