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First edition

The Marines

Edwin Howard Simmons (Editor-in-Chief); J. Robert Moskin (Editor)
Universe Publishing, 1998. First edition.
$40One copy · this copy

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Book
Near Fine
Our ref
RCB-1d6964b51d7a
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-1d6964b51d7a · 9 photographs of this copy
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Copyright 1998 Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
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Beaux Arts Editions, published by Universe Publishing (Rizzoli)
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Number line lowest digit is 2, print-year row reads 2009 2010 2011 2012
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ISBN-13: 978-0-88363-663-3
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Printed in China
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Flaws, each one named
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Light staining/foxing to front pastedown/free endpaper
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Gift inscription in red ink on front free endpaper
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: First printing would carry the copyright year 1998 with a number line ending in 1 and no later print-year row; the true first was published by Beaux Arts Editions / Universe Publishing (Rizzoli), 1998.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.