The Far Distant Ships: An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in the Second World War
by Schull, Joseph
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
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- Very Good
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About This Item
Ottawa: The Authority of the Minister of National Defense, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth, with dust jacket tipped-onto prelims. Illustrated. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., with his bookplate, and inscribed to him on the FFEP. Fairbanks (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor from Hollywood’s Golden Era (his credits include “Gunga Din”), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. A nice copy, just a little rubed along the edges, thin crack on front hinge, faint ex-library stamp on bottom edge of text block (Canadian Naval Service).
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- Title
- The Far Distant Ships: An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in the Second World War
- Author
- Schull, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Authority of the Minister of National Defense
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1950
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