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Great Adventure Lafayette Escadrille Story. 1937 1st Ed

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Great Adventure Lafayette Escadrille Story. 1937 1st Ed

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Description

The Great Adventure: The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille, by Parsons, Edwin C.

First Edition

Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937. Garden City, NY.

Hardcover. 335 pp. Prior owner's name stamp on the endpaper.

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Great Adventure Lafayette Escadrille Story. 1937 1st Ed

Name: Great Adventure Lafayette Escadrille Story. 1937 1st Ed
SKU: 58681357
Price: 70 USD
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