Merchantman Rearmed
by David W.Bone
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Farningham, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1949 "In the Merchant Navy we were not quite unprepared for action when war came in 1939, and certainly we were not as ill-briefed for hostilities as in 1914." The recollections of Captain Sir David Bone (1874-1959) who began his seafaring on windjammers in Australia in 1890 and joined Anchor Line in 1899 where he ended up as Commodore retiring in 1946. Edition limited to 160 copies and signed by the author. xx, 332pp gilt top edge, foredge uncut. Illustrated in black and white by Muirhead Bone, the authors brother and official war artist to the Admiralty.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wadard Books PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18635s53
- Title
- Merchantman Rearmed
- Author
- David W.Bone
- Illustrator
- Muirhead Bone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition to 160 Copies
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 260x200mm
- Keywords
- World War Two. Maritime
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Wadard Books PBFA
Biblio member since 2014
Farningham, Kent
About Wadard Books PBFA
The shop of Wadard Books is located in a listed 17th century timber framed building in the historic Kentish village of Farningham. The business is named after Wadard, one of Farningham's Domesday landlords, a henchman of Bishop Odo and featured on the Bayeaux tapestry.
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- 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...