From Both Sides of the Periscope : 1942-2002 : An Ex-Cabin Boy's Search Into Events Past
by Mears, John
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Eastwood, NSW, Australia: John Mears / Snap Printing. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (2003). First Edition. Softcover. This copy inscribed by the author on page I. Previous owner's ex libris label on inside rear cover. ; [2]. IV, 252 pages. Illustrated. Autobiographical memoir. Military history, World War Two. "John Mears, born in December 1925, was still at school when war started but a burning desire to go to sea had him joining Britain's Merchant Navy in 1941 as a trainee on the Gravesend Sea School ship, Vindicatrix, in Sharpness, Gloucestershire. Eighteen months later his third ship Primrose Hill was torpedoes. Cast on the high seas in an open life boat his fate was at best uncertain." - from blurb on rear cover. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23845
- Title
- From Both Sides of the Periscope : 1942-2002 : An Ex-Cabin Boy's Search Into Events Past
- Author
- Mears, John
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- John Mears / Snap Printing
- Place of Publication
- Eastwood, NSW, Australia
- Date Published
- (2003)
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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