Agar captain augustus (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. New Edition. 1983. 255pp., a map of the Baltic States on the endpapers, 2 other maps and 12 black and white illustrations. Augustus Agar (1890-1968) was a Royal Navy officer in both the First and the Second World Wars. He was asked in late 1918 to volunteer for a mission in the Baltic Sea, where CMBs were to be used to ferry British agents back and forth from Bolshevik Russia. The shallow draught and high speed of the CMB made it ideal for landing on enemy occupied shores and making a quick getaway. Agar set up a small base at Terijoki, just inside Finland and close to the Soviet frontier. From here he undertook a top secret and dangerous mission to retrieve Paul Dukes, a man he knew only by the MI6 codename ST-25, from the coast of the Bay of Petrograd. The last British agent left in Russia, Dukes had been infiltrating the Bolshevik government for some time and had made copies of top secret documents. In order to spirit Dukes away, Agar's boats had to cross Bolshevik minefields and pass by a number of forts and ships guarding the entrance to the Bolshevik naval base at Kronstadt and to Petrograd. The book is bound in the original black boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in excellent condition. Light foxing to edges. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription. The unclipped dustwrapper has slight sunning to the spine.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fair.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 255 p. 21 cm. B&w illustrations. Blue cloth in dustjacket. Rear panel slightly soiled. Front flap price clipped. Light edge wear.

Zustand: Good. 1963. First Edition. 255 pages. Purple pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. A very good first edition copy with light foxing in edges and endpapers and owner's name stamp on title page and rear endpaper. The dust jacket is price clipped, otherwise intact and bright.

Hardcover. Zustand: VERY GOOD. 255 pp. Crisp copy with numerous B&W photographic plates. Discreet bookplate to FFEP.

Hardcover. 8vo. Evans Brothers Limited, London, UK. 1959. 336 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present (DJ is crease and worn) Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Bookplate to half-title page, blind stamp to title page, stamp to reverse of the rear board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The author, Captain Augustus Agar, VC. , RN. , entered the Royal Navy in 1905 and served for almost 40 years seeing action during both World Wars. During WWII he escorted large convoys across the Atlantic and delivered gold bullion to Canada. His last command was the cruiser HMS DORSETSHIRE which was sunk by a powerful force of Japanese dive bombers in 1943. In this book he describes the role of the Navy between the wars and extols Nelson's maxim that a fleet of British warships was the best negotiator in Europe. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. …

Zustand: Bueno. 21x14 255 Tela con sobrecubierta y plástico pegado. Inglés Sello Feb/16/11 Tela con sobrecubierta y plástico pegado.