captain munro (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. A very good ex-military library copy with laminated pictorial boards, endpaper maps, b&w and colour photo illstns. A gift inscription on the half-title page.

Glazed Boards. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 106pp, col plates, photos, maps, sl bump to bottom of spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Tight clean copy in virtually as new condition. Glossy hard covers. The complete story of this Imperial Patrol Sloop, built just prior to the Second World War, that provided cover for 103 convoys in the Eastern Atlantic during the war years, and rescued over 250 survivors from sunken ships. Now owned by The Wellington Trust in preservation. Wrapped in tissue, bubble wrap and inserted into jiffy bag. Posted daily from UK, first class within UK and airmail world-wide.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). A Royal Naval officer's account of his service in the Great War, blockading continental ports on the English Channel, supervising convoys in the Mediterranean, and participating in the development of enigmatic "mystery towers", part of an ambitious plan t With a foreword by Commander Carolyn Bellains, R.N. (Ret.) Late Member of Parliament for Maidstone. From the Preface: "My object in recording these events which came under my personal observation, and in which I took an active part, is to enable my countrymen to form a just estimate of various aspects of the Great War." In a black cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Externally, generally smart. Some light rubbing and wear to the top and tail of the spine. Spine is also slightly cocked. Front hinge is slightly tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little browned and foxed to predominantly front and rear pastedowns and free-end papers. Edges of leaves are a little burnished. Very Good Indeed. book.