DANGER ZONE: THE STORY OF THE QUEENSTOWN COMMAND
by Chatterton, E. Keble
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Rich & Cowan. Bound in clean blue cloth with clear gilt titles to spine, this dated 1934 hardcover First English Edition is VG. The story of anti-submarine warfare in the waters round Ireland, an Anglo-American operation with a variety of ships against the U-Boat threat. X11/437pp with Preface, 30 Chapters, 62 Photographs and Maps to endpapers. Boards just a shade faded but binding sound. Small tear to cloth at foot of spine, neatly repaired, Bookplate of C.R. St.J Rich (Garde Ta Foi) pasted to half-title, otherwise all VG. . Very Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. 1934.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00212534
- Title
- DANGER ZONE: THE STORY OF THE QUEENSTOWN COMMAND
- Author
- Chatterton, E. Keble
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Rich & Cowan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- E. Keble Chatterton: The Story of the Queens Town Command (1934)
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
Terms of Sale
Camillas Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- VG
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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