1981, ISBN: 9780711010758

Gebundene Ausgabe

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback. Pages browning. Good. On 3 July, 1940 units of the Royal Navy under Admiral Sommerv… Mehr…

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) Mass market paperback. Pages browning. Good. On 3 July, 1940 units of the Royal Navy under Admiral Sommerville attacked and largely destroyed the French Fleet as it lay at it's mooorings at Mers-el-Kebir. Until two weeks before the French and the British had been allies but the British government ordered the action to stop the fleet falling into German hands. The result was the death of 1,300 French sailors - a 'Greek Tragedy' as Churchill put it. (Published: 1976) (Publisher: Pan Books) (ISBN: 0330244353) (Pagination: 223pp illustrations.) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX, 0, Chatham 1996 b1st.. 128pp. Prof ills. 30x25. As new. Mint in Mint pictorial card cover.. An authoritative and profusely illustrated account of the early development of destroyers up to the 'River' class of 1900. The book contains detailed data tables and technical appendices; collections of original draughts; numerous photographs; perspective and cutaway drawings, and a complete with scale drawing of HM Torpedo Boat Destroyer Velox 1904 in pocket. An important study., Chatham 1996 b1st., 0, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1983-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. Good. spine creasing, edge wear, slight fore-edge stain; 'Just the right mixture of doomed fun, melancholy and faintly lascivious despair' Observer 'I am afraid I have something to tell you. It is that we are all about to be destroyed.' 1914. The old standards are going. There is bitterness in politics, talk of civil war in Ireland. But all this means little to Cynthia Weston, attractive wife of cabinet member Aylmer Weston, and her nephew by marriage Philip. They are caught up in the charmed, perilous toils of a mutual passion that will destroy all they hold most dear - while the shadow of war lengthens and darkens, ready to swallow their world whole. A captivating portrait of a lost world, Statues in a Garden is a rediscovered masterpiece by one of the most important and neglected British female writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries., Penguin Books, 1983-01-01, 2.5, Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing, 1981. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" x 9.5. An account of the various Destroyers operated by the British Royal Navy. There is good descriptive text, design drawings and photographs. The book is in very good order. The dust wrapper has some bumping to the spine and is price-clipped. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK, usually the same or next business day. Call or email with your questions., Ian Allan Publishing, 1981, 3<

1981, ISBN: 0711010757

[EAN: 9780711010758], Used, very good, [SC: 2.95], [PU: Ian Allan Publishing, Shepperton], MILITARY SEAFARING, Jacket, An account of the various Destroyers operated by the British Royal N… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780711010758], Used, very good, [SC: 2.95], [PU: Ian Allan Publishing, Shepperton], MILITARY SEAFARING, Jacket, An account of the various Destroyers operated by the British Royal Navy. There is good descriptive text, design drawings and photographs. The book is in very good order. The dust wrapper has some bumping to the spine and is price-clipped. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK, usually the same or next business day. Call or email with your questions. 136 p., Books<

1981, ISBN: 9780711010758

Gebundene Ausgabe

London: Ian Allan Ltd, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jacket is price clipped with fading of the spine title and light handling w… Mehr…

London: Ian Allan Ltd, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jacket is price clipped with fading of the spine title and light handling wear including a small tear at the base of the back hinge also affecting the board beneath., Ian Allan Ltd, 1981, 2.5<