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First edition thus. 'Reader's Digest. Journeys into the Past'. Pictorial hardback with black title, navy cloth spine with gilt title and gilt lineal border. Colour endpapers. Fully-illustrated with colour and b & w plates. In-text colour and b & w illustrations. Contents: Countdown to Conflict. Britain Sees It Through.;USA: The Arsenal of Democracy; Occupied Europe: Under the Swastika; Everyday Life on the Eastern Front; The Axis Powers: Behind Enemy Lines; It's Over; Time Chart; Index; Acknowledgements. A scarce copy.

Publisher: Reader's Digest., London

Author: Tim Healy

Date Published: 1996

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Reference: #38

Weight: 950g

Reserve: $10.00

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