Author: ATKINSON, RICK
Title: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy)
Description: New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0805062882. Stated first edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. Volume One of The Liberation Trilogy. Rick Atkinson has provided readers with a detailed history of the World War II Allied campaign in North Africa from French Morocco eastward to Tunisia in 1942 and 1943. With an emphasis on the American forces, the author describes the monumental task of shipping thousands of men and materiel from the United States across the Atlantic to confront German, Italian and Vichy French forces. With two sections of plates bearing black & white photos of people and scenes described in the book. Also with 18 maps and maps of Europe and North Africa to endpapers, all by Gene Thorp. Mr. Atkinson was awarded the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for History for this work. --- In orange and blue paper-covered boards with author facsimile signature in gilt to cover, titling in gilt to spine. Volume wrapped in jacket with image of troops on the move near Bizerte, Tunisia to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with dampstain to textblock lower edge and small spots of soiling to textblock edges. Unclipped dust jacket ($30/44.95) lacks damages worth mentioning: bright, intact and in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xiii, [7], 681 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0805062882 Wwii North Africa Pulitzer Prize World War II Two >>World War II >>History >>European History >>Pulitzer, Nobel, Booker, Nat Book Award Prize
Title: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy)
Description: New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0805062882. Stated first edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. Volume One of The Liberation Trilogy. Rick Atkinson has provided readers with a detailed history of the World War II Allied campaign in North Africa from French Morocco eastward to Tunisia in 1942 and 1943. With an emphasis on the American forces, the author describes the monumental task of shipping thousands of men and materiel from the United States across the Atlantic to confront German, Italian and Vichy French forces. With two sections of plates bearing black & white photos of people and scenes described in the book. Also with 18 maps and maps of Europe and North Africa to endpapers, all by Gene Thorp. Mr. Atkinson was awarded the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for History for this work. --- In orange and blue paper-covered boards with author facsimile signature in gilt to cover, titling in gilt to spine. Volume wrapped in jacket with image of troops on the move near Bizerte, Tunisia to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with dampstain to textblock lower edge and small spots of soiling to textblock edges. Unclipped dust jacket ($30/44.95) lacks damages worth mentioning: bright, intact and in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xiii, [7], 681 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0805062882 Wwii North Africa Pulitzer Prize World War II Two >>World War II >>History >>European History >>Pulitzer, Nobel, Booker, Nat Book Award Prize
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- Book number: 89032