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Postscript to Voyager: The Melbourne-Voyager Collision
by Hickling, Harold [vice admiral]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
A.H & A. W. Reed, Wellington, New Zealand, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 192 pp., acknowledgements, author's note, appendix. Endpapers are illustrated by interpretation of events leading to the Melbourne -- Voyager collision. Grey coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, with original price sticker, showing illustration aircraft carrier Melbourne colliding with battleship Voyager, with white writing on front panel and spine. Minor wear to the corners of the dustwrapper and top and bottom edges of the dustwrapper also slightly rubbed. This book is sequel to "One Minute of Time", the authors' first book on the subject of the collision between aircraft carrier Melbourne and battleship Voyager. It was a decisive factor in a second enquiry being held into the disaster. This book encapsulates the actual collision of the two ships, the first board of enquiry, the agitations and lobbying for a reopening of the case, and finally the second enquiry and resultant vindication of the 'Melbournes'' captain and officers. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Military; Australiana; Maritime; Inventory No: 0210452. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0210452
- Title
- Postscript to Voyager: The Melbourne-Voyager Collision
- Author
- Hickling, Harold [vice admiral]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A.H & A. W. Reed
- Place of Publication
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Melbourne -- Voyager Disaster, Maritime, HMAS Melbourne -- Aircraft Carrier, Naval Collision, Battleship -- Voyager, One Minute of Time Military & Warfare; Military; Australiana; Maritime; Unbranded Hickling, Harold [vice admiral] Postscript t
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- Military; Maritime;
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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