Gallant Gentlemen
by Chatterton, E. Keble
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Fascinating and authentic accounts of hazardous deeds and breath-taking escapes during Naval Warfare.Personal narratives include: the chase of the Nurnburg by H.M.S. Kent; the dash into Kronstadt Harbour; Why the Goeben and Breslau escaped; and the Coronel disaster. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. 296 p.pages, 650g, 8 3/4" tall. No inscriptions. Jacket had edgewear, a few small closed edge tears, a piece an inch long x half inch wide missing from spine, and a very small piece missing at fore edge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019867
- Title
- Gallant Gentlemen
- Author
- Chatterton, E. Keble
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurst & Blackett Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- MILITARY & WAR/MARITIME/HISTORY/NAVAL
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...