The Gemini Plot: A Sea Novel of WWII.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Colour pictorial art-work illustrated upper wrap by Ian Robertson; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges and one tiny, tiny nick/rub to upper right-hand corner - no other nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally marked,fore-edge slightly aged and also lightly marked,contents bright,tight and near pristine. Clean,plain blue weave-patterned paper-covered boards, with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-189pp includes half-title+title pages,14 chapters. This edition is now out-of-print as the publisher ceased trading in the late 1980's. William Kimber himself,worked for Hutchinson for about 17 years before founding "William Kimber & Co" in 1950.It specialized in aviation,war memoirs,autobiographies and motor-racing titles until 1973 when "Haunted Cornwall" took off and the Ghost Stories became another specialty. The company was bought by Thorsons in 1988,and therefore ceased publishing under that name. William Kimber was purchased by Thorsons in 1988 and therefore ceased publishing under that name. Thorsons was purchased by William Collins in 1989.William Collins became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990, and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers. The name of William Kimber has not been used for publishing since that,making all previously published titles by them, out-of-print,under that name. Submarine coxswain Ben Grant has a medal for his exploits in Norwegian waters earlier in the war,but this does not help him face operations in a far different theatre - the Mediterranean - or endear him to his colleagues. Strained and nerve-racked, he joins the submarine Avon en route to Torbruk in the summer of 1942. But at Malta events come to a head and he is asked to volunteer for Special Submarine Operations,a secret subversive unit.The target is occupied Greece,the mission dangerous - and the only flaw in the plan is his former skipper,Half-Shackle. In this new Ben Grant saga,Eric Collenette gives another story from the war at sea and in his taut, straightforward prose he vividly recreates those tense days of submarine warfare. This is the 2nd Ben Grant novel,the 1st being 'Ninety Feet to the Sun'.The author is an ex-submariner himself. 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,that 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 any inexpensive 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **