Battle of the Oceans.
by Warren Armstrong
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, UK Jarrolds Publishers, 1943. Hardcover First Edition [1943], unstated. We can find no evidence or indication of any previous editions or printings. First Edition [1943], unstated. We can find no evidence or indication of any previous editions or printings. Good+ in Good- DJ: The Book shows indications of moderate use: crimping to the heel of the backstrip; some rubbing and soiling to the panels; light foxing to the endpapers; the former owner's name printed neatly across the top of the front free endpaper; the binding square and secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows significant wear to extremities, with small loss to chipping and rubbing; moderate rubbing and faint, but pervasive soiling; the price is intact. Overall, remains structurally sound and tightly bound: a sturdy, not unattractive copy in a somewhat tatty DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.85 x 0.85 inches). 183 pages. 36 full-page black & white photographic illustrations. Foreward by Admiral Sir Sydney R. Fremantle G.C.B., M.V.O. Powder Blue cloth over boards. Weight: 12.5 ounces. Hardback with DJ. An early account of life in the British Merchant Navy from 1939 to 1943. Contemporary documents laid in.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 47569
- Title
- Battle of the Oceans.
- Author
- Warren Armstrong
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition [1943], unstated. We can find no evidence or indic
- Publisher
- Jarrolds Publishers,
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1943.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; Second World War; Naval History; World War II; Modern Warfare;
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Oregon City, Oregon
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- Rubbing
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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