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Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst April 20th 1949 to July 31st 1949
by Earl, Lawrence
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1952. A lot of tears and creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrappe, with the bottom two inches missing at the spine, also a lot of wear to the folds. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, some fading to gilt titles on spine, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a not too bad, clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with events of April-July 1949 in China when the Royal Navy sloop HMS Amethyst was trapped by Communist troops on the Yangtse for almost three months before managing to escape downriver. Originally published in 1950, this is a slightly later, smaller-format edition from 1952. 160pp, 2 maps.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012487
- Title
- Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst April 20th 1949 to July 31st 1949
- Author
- Earl, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- George G Harrap & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HMS-Amethyst
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime; Military; HISTORY / Military / Other;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
Books dispatched within 1-2 working days. Returns accepted but customer should notify me within seven days of receipt of the book. Postage charges based on average book weight. Reduced rates will apply to lighter parcels when possible. Heavy books are mentioned in the book description, you will be informed of any increased charges before the book is dispatched.
About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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