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CONVOY
by Middlebrook, Martin
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0688031382
- ISBN 13
- 9780688031381
- Seller
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About This Item
USA: William Morrow, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. William Morrow, 1976. Hardback. The greatest convoy battle of all time-a major turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic, World War II. Hardcover BCE and Jacket in Good Condition. Photographic illustrations. Blue half-cloth with red and gilt lettering, with blue boards. Light spine heel wear; binding tight, solid and square. Pages clean, clear and unmarked and are all a little wavy. Jacket is clean with corner wear and light chipping to spine head and heel, small closed tear on rear upper edge. Nice solid volume with wavy pages. The German U-boat peril during World War II was a real threat to Allied shipping convoys. During the winter of 1942-43, the Germans came close to cutting the North Atlantic lifeline. 97 Allied ships were sunk in the first 21 days of March, 1943. Convoys SC. 122 and HX 229 sailed from New York headed to England; 42 U-Boats trapped them and 21 merchant ships were sunk in this battle," the greatest convoy battle of all time". This is that story. 350 pages with Appendices, Bibliography and Index. 8.5 x 5,75 inches. 1976, William Morrow, New York, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024947
- Title
- CONVOY
- Author
- Middlebrook, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- ISBN 10
- 0688031382
- ISBN 13
- 9780688031381
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- BATTLES WORLD WAR II SEA BATTLES, ATLANTIC OCEAN U-BOATS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. World War II;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Chipping
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
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