1968, ISBN: 9780774801966

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,author's superimposed,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.The majority of any light creasing is to top edges of dw/dj.Minimal,superficial scoring to both panels of dw/dj, without affecting boards beneath.Top+fore-edges though lightly aged/ toned,bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-245pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,acknowledgements,a glossary,and a weapons list. Geordie Sharp,a sergeant in the SAS,is struggling to pick up the threads of his army career.Wounded in the Gulf War,he returns to Hereford to find his home life in tatters. As he trains with Northern Ireland Troop,a murder in his family fires him with personal hatred of the IRA. Posted to Belfast,he discovers that his adversary is Declan Farrell,a leading player in the Provisional IRA.Sharp sets out to stalk and kill his man.On his side are all the skills he has learnt in the SAS.He finds the house,sets up an observation post,lies in wait. . . yet the waters run deeper than he supposed. When the Regiment is tasked to train bodyguards for the President of Columbia,Sharp takes command of the team.The scene shifts to South America and the drug wars being fought by the cocaine cartels. There,too,the IRA is involved,training terrorists,recruiting funds and weapons. The seizure of an SAS officer leads to an international incident.The British and American governments authorize a joint operation,and the action builds to a desperate twin climax: out at sea,the United States nuclear submarine Michigan closes in on the drug-runners' cargo vessel,and in the jungle Sharp again comes face to face with his mortal enemy. Never has there been a more graphic account of the SAS in action, never a thriller so authentically grounded in the twists and turns of undercover warfare. Want more Chris RYAN titles? For other or similar titles,pleases search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.CENTURY,1996., 5, (Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) This tribute surveys the history of the Royal Canadian Navy from its inception in 1910 to its demise in 1968 when Canada's armed forces were merged. Originally presented in 1980 at a conference on the history of the RCN, the papers in this book range from the first hand recollections of ex RCN personnel to the examination by naval historians of previously classified documents in German and Allied archives. (Published: 1983) (Publisher: Univ. of British Columbia) (ISBN: 0774801964) (Pagination: 373pp illustrations, maps.) (Condition: Good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX, 0<