Arthur durham divine (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Reissue. Fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. First printing of this reissue of the 1945 original. Hardcover. Map endpaper. 307 pp. with index. With a new introduction for this edition by Nicholas Rankin. A foundational, non-fiction memoir of the Dunkirk evacuation of the British forces across the Channel in late May-early June in 1940. Divine piloted one of the "Little Ships" , a fleet of more than 800 small vessels including fishing boats, yachts, tugboats, ferries and private boats (the smallest was a mere 15 feet) that were requisitioned and used to evacuate some 336,000 Allied soldiers trapped on the French coast. Divine made three trips across the Channel in the 35 foot motorboat "White Wing" and the yawl "Little Ann". On his final trip across, Divine was wounded by gunfire, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for Bravery. His book "Dunkirk", being a contemporaneous account, is considered a key work of military history. …

Hard. Zustand: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. 1st. First American edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Dutton, 1944, first printing. 8vo., 264pp., illustrated with b/w plates. Very good plus.

Zustand: fair. First American Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 311, endpaper maps, notes, appendices, index, bds somewhat worn and soiled, minor edge soiling, front endpaper repaired with tape. Boards weak, pencil erasure residue on front endpaper. A fine history of the Dunkirk evacuation, from personal accounts and official records. All vessels and key personnel listed.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Dust-wrapper taped. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 307 p. ; 22 cm. Notes; Map on lining-paper. Subjects; Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France. A. D. Divine 1904-1987. Dunkirk. Faber & Faber. 1945. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: fair. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 250, illus., map, boards worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. London edition (published by J. Murray) is entitled: Destroyer's war: a million miles by the Eighth flotilla. The Eighth Flotilla and the H.M.S. Firedrake at work against the Axis in the first two years of World War II.…

Zustand: fair, ex-lib. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 250, illus., map, few library markings, boards worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. The London edition (published by J. Murray) has the title: Destroyer's War: A Million Miles by the Eighth Flotilla. The story of the Eighth Flotilla and the H.M.S. Firedrake fighting the Axis during World War II.…

Blanda. Zustand: Buen Estado. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Buen Estado.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 212. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered white on spine and front cover. Second edition printed in October, 1955. Very good in price-clipped, very good dust jacket.

tapa blanda. Zustand: Bien. Literatura inglesa (821.111-31"19") Ediciones G.P. Barcelona. 1958. 18 cm. 157 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Libros Plaza', numero coleccion(103). Versión castellana de Carlos Paytuvi. Título original: Boy on a dolphin. Paytuví de Sierra, Carlos. traductor . Cubierta deslucida. (=3544161=) LD230.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG / -- Very scarce. Blue titles to spine and upper cover on pictorial card cover. Binding is firm and tight. Slight soiling to covers. Spine is rather faded. Page edges and end papers are tanned. Owner's name pencilled on front fep. Text is clean. Not ex-library.…

Zustand: fair to good. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 264, illus., index, somewhat shaken, boards soiled, pencil erasure on front and rear endpapers. The campaigns and operations of naval forces in Nazi-occupied Poland, France, Greece, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Yugoslavia, and Norway during World War II.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED by the author. Physical description; xii, 339 p. : front., illus. (maps) plates, ports. ; 19 cm. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 Naval operations. Great Britain History, Naval. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: Poor. No dust jacket. Some outer edges have scuffs. Cover has scratches/marks. Textblock has tanning. Pages have tanning/foxing but still in readable condition.