firedrake von divine (7 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Zustand: Good. First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. (World War 2, Naval Operations).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 4th Printing. Price-clipped. Published by E.P. Dutton & CO, 1943. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with black top stain and light toning on page ends. Dust jacket is very good.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943. First edition, first printing, 1943. A nonfiction account of one of the most gallant records made by a destroyer during World War II. Includes fifteen full page black and white plates. Red cloth with black cover lettering and decoration, frontis portrait, 251 pages, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with minimal edgewear, including gently rubbed spine ends, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition with light overall shelf soil, chipped extreme spine ends and corners, minor additional edgewear with only a fraction of a percent overall paper loss. . First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good in Good dust jacket. First American edition. Octavo (standard size). Originally published in the UK as DESTROYER'S WAR : A MILLION MILES WITH THE FIGHTING EIGHTH. Some wear, small tears and light chipping to edges and corners of dj. Dj is also a bit soiledwith fading to spine. Front cover still bright and dramatic with image of a charging destroyer. Less wear to boards. Former owner's information in ink on flyleaf. Slight soiling to edges of textblock. 251 p. w/photographic illustrations. A thrillign tale of the Firedrake, a British F - Class Fleet destroyer and her adventures with the 8th Flotilla and Force H in the North Sea and Norway and later in the Mediterranian. Heavily damaged near Sardinia by air attack, she was safely brought to Gibraltar and at the time of the book was undergoing repairs in the US. Sadly, she was later torpedoed by U211 and broke in half on Atlantic convoy duty. Only 26 of her crew of 148 were rescued in extreme weather conditions.

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.