Corvette Command
by Montserrat, Nicholas
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/Good
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cassell, Melbourne, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/Good. 104pp., forward by author and list of illustrations. Black and white photographic frontispiece "ready to give them a warm reception. The multiple .5-in. gun". There are black and white photographs illustrating the text. Bone coloured boards with black decoration and bone coloured writing on the front panel and black on the spine. The corners of the book are scuffed and there is staining to the bottom edges, the back panel has been damp at one stage and shows the result of same. The remains of water damage can be seen on the endpapers and between pages 72 and 73 the sewing of the book is visible. Photographic dustwrapper, showing "a gun grew in action" with white writing in front panel and spine. The edges of the dustwrapper are chipped and there is that split along the front fore edge measuring five ". The dustwrapper is rubbed and slightly faded. "...it simply records that Corvette Command was written in my sea - cabin during the course of 62 short convoys and 38 night patrols.". This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Military History -- Naval; Military History -- World War II; Inventory No: 0101524. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0101524
- Title
- Corvette Command
- Author
- Montserrat, Nicholas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Nicholas Montserrat -- Memoirs, Corvettes -- Convoys -- Battles, World War II -- History -- Naval Biography & Autobiography; Military History -- Naval; Military History -- World War II; Unbranded Montserrat, Nicholas Corvette Command
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History -- World War II; Military History -- Naval;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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