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73 North: The Battle of the Barents Sea
by Dudley Pope
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870216600
- ISBN 13
- 9780870216602
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£8.02£5.62
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About This Item
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press , 1989 Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1989. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; light dust soiling to textblock top. DJ: Very Good; light wear to head, tail, and tips; light rubbing to panels. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 320 pp 8vo. This book is the remarkable account of the battle of the Barents Sea in which four small British destroyers held off the might of the German High Seas Fleet (Six large destroyers and the battleships Lutzow and Hipper). The battle was a brilliant feat of naval defensive tactics and personal courage and because Hitler in a rage scrapped the German surface fleet. Seen from both the German and the British sides this is and examination of two mighty navies and the psychology, training, and discipline of the commanders and their men. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015711
- Title
- 73 North: The Battle of the Barents Sea
- Author
- Dudley Pope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0870216600
- ISBN 13
- 9780870216602
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, MD
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- German Navy, British Navy, Lutzow, Hipper, naval defensive tactics, Battle of the Barents Sea, 73 North, Captain Sherbrooke, HMS Onslow, HMS Orwell, HMS Sheffield,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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