Make A Signal by Jack Broome - 1956

Putnam, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 1956. Reprint. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Small dents to board edges. Small tear to lower front joint.

London: Putnam, 1955. (UK) 2nd Printing Small ownership label to end paper, no markings, the upper edge of the back ocver near the spine has been bumped at some point with creasing to the cover paper there, otherwsie soild Very Good in clean and bright, price-clipepd dust jacket. Blue boards, 224pp. Frontis, B&W plates and amll ine drawings. This is a naval history told from the point of view of signalmen, their signals, flags and customs. (1.9 JM HOQ 102/b1. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Putnam, 1955. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. jacket is worn and torn. edge wear and chipping on boards. foxing and marks. ownership inscriptions and stamps. book is damp stained. sound binding. fair copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Putnam& Co Ltd, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 224 Pages. The jacket is a bit shelf rubbed and and a little edge worn, with small chips on the top and bottom of the spine, despite this the jacket is intact and presents beautifully in cellophane. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, but remain strong. Internally there is a previous owners signature on the front end page, the remaining pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*22/09/2021. ak.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Putnam, 1956. Reprint of the 1955 Second Impression. Make A Signal! by Captain Jack Broome D.S.C. R.N and illustrated by the author. A collection of signals, famous and infamous, made in, to, or about the Royal Navy. This is the Navy talking by flags, lamps, and radio; the RN's private and intimate diary of messages. An exciting mixture of British history and anecdotage. Frontispiece b/w photo titled: Signals received by H.M.S. Colossus during the Battle of Jutland in W.W.I. The contents offer Chapter (1) From Age To Age, (2) Special Flags and Customs, (3) Navy History by Signal. A few examples of this: The Battle of Copenhagen, Nelson's Signal at Trafalgar, Posthumous V.C., Russian Convoy, etc. Lastly (4) Scrap Log - Declaring Wars, etc. Very interesting messages to and from the Bismark. The Scrap Log is made up of unusual messages both tragical and comical. Name to ffep. a clean bright book. A very good read!. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

London: Putnam, 1955. Hardcover; 8vo; 224 pp. First U.K. edition. Blue paper hardcovers with dull gilt on spine. Rubbed and faded edges. Bumped corners. Prev. owner's name on fep. Yellowing but clean interior. In a yellow illustrated jacket, b&w titles. Bumped edges. Somewhat scuffed. Not clipped. VG-/VG-. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-.