Hostilities Only
by Dimbleby, K. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
(Cape Town: Unie-Volkspers, 1944). 8vo; original purple cloth, lettered in black on spine; pp. (vi) +130; plates. Spine sunned and a little frayed at ends; archival tape repair to upper joint; extremities slightly rubbed; wartime gift inscription to front free endpaper; occasional fox spot. Fair to good condition. Firsthand account of involvement with the fledgling South African navy during its cooperation with the Royal Navy throughout the Second World War. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7245
- Title
- Hostilities Only
- Author
- Dimbleby, K. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Unie-Volkspers, 1944)
- Keywords
- Seaward Defence Force. Royal Navy. Simonstown. Minesweepers. H.M.S. Cornwall Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....