Something About a Sailor: From Sailor Boy to Admiral
by [Rear Admiral Sir] Thomas J. Spence Lyne
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
London: Jarrolds Publishers, 1940. Hardcover without dust jacket, 374 pages, plus black-and-white photographs; green cloth covers with moderate shelf wear to edges and corners, spine lettering faded but legible, tight in binding after crude but effective regluing although some cracks still showing between some pages, rubber stamped "11 JUN 1940" on title page but text pages surprisingly very clean and unmarked (no foxing); overall, it ain't pretty, but an acceptable reading/working copy, intact and complete.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043835
- Title
- Something About a Sailor: From Sailor Boy to Admiral
- Author
- [Rear Admiral Sir] Thomas J. Spence Lyne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jarrolds Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- SOCIAL MILITARY HISTORY ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN BRITISH NONFICTION WORLD WAR 1 I GREAT FIRST ROYAL NAVY ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY MEMOIR HMS PHOENIX ACHERON CLASS DESTROYER AUSTRO HUNGARIAN NAVY HMS GOSHAWK STOKER HMS HIND BATTLE OF DOGGER BAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Military History; Rare Books;
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Eric James
Payment through Biblio, or directly we accept PayPal, money order or cheque (10 days for clearance within Canada before shipment). Shipping by Canada Post. Shipment within 48 hours of receipt of payment.
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