Watery Maze: Story of Combined Operations. by Fergusson, Bernard - 1961

Collins, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. No edition remarks. 445 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and maps. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.

London: Collins, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No jacket, previous owner's signature on half-title page. .

London: Collins, 1961. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. GOOD/GOOD. Blue and Black illustrated dust jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Approx. 9" x 6". Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.

London: Collins, 1961. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. GOOD/GOOD. Blue and Black illustrated dust jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Approx. 9" x 6". Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.

London: Collins, 1961. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. GOOD/GOOD. Blue and Black illustrated dust jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Approx. 9" x 6". Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.

London: Collins, 1961, 1961. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. Holt, Rinehart and Winston; New York, 1961. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, bit of sunning to spine and board edges, some discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers, previous owner embossed stamp bottom half title page, few faint soiled spots on fore-edge and bottom text block edge, some scattered foxing top text block edge, bit of age toning to pages, moderate pencil markings on page margins throughout, in a Good+, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, several tears and chips along edges, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A good and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 445pp., appendix, indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are… Read More

Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961. hardcover. Fergusson, Bernard : The Watery Maze: The Story of Combined Operations. New York : Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961. First American edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's forest green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Front endpapers: B&w&red map: Combined Operations - France, North Africa, the Mediterranean. Rear endpapers: B&w&red map: Operation Neptune/France 1944. 445 numbered pp, plus seven blank to end; an additional six sheets/12 pp of b&w photos are scattered, unpaginated, through text. Author's foreword, 17 chaps, appendices (list of code names/objectives; abbrev; bibliography), index. Many b&w maps scattered throughout. Condition notes: a very nice copy of the first American edition. Binding tight and square, spine ends rolled, a bit of soiling/spotting (not foxing) to textblock edges; interior tanned but clean/unmarked. Unclipped DJ slightly tattered with numerous small chips… Read More

London: Collins, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1961. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. orig. cloth 445pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., index, The Story of Combined Operations in WWII. Fergusson was given free access to all the documents, archives & minutes of C.O.H.Q. Fascinating Account

London: Collins, 1961. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. chipped dust jacket 445pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., index, The Story of Combined Operations in WWII. Fergusson was given free access to all the documents, archives & minutes of C.O.H.Q. Fascinating Account