Search Results: the watery maze the story of by fergusson bernard

St James's Place, London: Collins, 1961. 445pp. with b/w illustrations. 5.5 x 2 cm piece of tape over a graze mark on the front free endpaper. DJ has edge/rub wear, chipping and small tears. Actual book for sale pictured. 15.5 x 23.5 x 2.9 cm, wt900g. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Collins, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. No edition remarks. 445 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and maps. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.

Collins, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. No edition remarks. 445 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, heavy to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Heavy foxing. Mild water staining to panels.

Collins, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. No Edition Remarks. 445 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Cracking to gutters, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Plates are bright and clear. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.

London: Collins, 1961. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. GOOD/GOOD. Blue and Black illustrated dust jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Approx. 9" x 6". Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.

London: Collins, 1961. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. GOOD/GOOD. Blue and Black illustrated dust jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Approx. 9" x 6". Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.

London: Collins, 1961. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. GOOD/GOOD. Blue and Black illustrated dust jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Approx. 9" x 6". Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.

London: Collins, 1961, 1961. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. Holt, Rinehart and Winston; New York, 1961. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, bit of sunning to spine and board edges, some discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers, previous owner embossed stamp bottom half title page, few faint soiled spots on fore-edge and bottom text block edge, some scattered foxing top text block edge, bit of age toning to pages, moderate pencil markings on page margins throughout, in a Good+, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, several tears and chips along edges, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A good and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 445pp., appendix, indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are… Read More

Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961. hardcover. Fergusson, Bernard : The Watery Maze: The Story of Combined Operations. New York : Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961. First American edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's forest green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Front endpapers: B&w&red map: Combined Operations - France, North Africa, the Mediterranean. Rear endpapers: B&w&red map: Operation Neptune/France 1944. 445 numbered pp, plus seven blank to end; an additional six sheets/12 pp of b&w photos are scattered, unpaginated, through text. Author's foreword, 17 chaps, appendices (list of code names/objectives; abbrev; bibliography), index. Many b&w maps scattered throughout. Condition notes: a very nice copy of the first American edition. Binding tight and square, spine ends rolled, a bit of soiling/spotting (not foxing) to textblock edges; interior tanned but clean/unmarked. Unclipped DJ slightly tattered with numerous small chips… Read More

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear, chips. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1961.

London: Collins, 1961 cloth lightly rubbed to edges, top corner bumped, prize plate to fep (Naval Board Prize RNZNVR) tipped on along top edge so could be removed, 445pp + plates, map endpapers, DW unclipped with edge wear , some chipping and short edge tears, small area lifted from cover in the arch between the h in The at top of cover, The Combined naval and army landings in France North Africa and the Mediterranean, which saw the beginning of the end of the second World War, also some South East Asian actions, and the Port Said raid of 1956. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London : Collins, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 445 pages illustrations 24 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Combined Operations Command. Great Britain. Army. Commandos. World War, 1939-1945 Amphibious operations. Military history.

London: Collins, 1961. Dust jacket clean, corners slightly bumped and chipped, small chip to head of spine, closed tear to head of rear cover 1cm, light spotting to head of closed text block, front and rear boards very clean, in excellent condition, some foxing to fep/rep, pp clean and bright, binding secure.. (first edition). Hard. Good Plus/Good. 8vo.

London : Collins, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 445 pages, illustrations ; 24cm. Subjects: Great Britain -- Combined Operations Command. World War, (1939-1945) -- Amphibious operations.

Collins,, 1961. 8vo., First Edition, with 21 plates on 12, 11 maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps coloured in outline, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. The best single-volume history to date and a standard reference, covering operations from formation to Port Said in 1956. Enser, p.110; Law, 0456.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961. Stated first edition, with personalized inscription (to General Cort Schagler) signed by the author and dated 1961 on the front free endpaper. Lightly worn copy in a chipped dustjacket. Describes the mission of Combined Operations - a semi-independent unit of British admirals, generals and air marshals - which led to the success of invations in North Africa, Sicily and Normandy. Green cloth, map endpapers, 445 pages, dustjacket. Covers rubbed at the extremities with bumping to the spine and corners, good hinges, sound text block, light foxing to the endpapers, pages otherwise clean and unmarked other than the author inscription. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has considerable edge rubbing and a number of small chips, none affecting the lettering, foxed inner flaps.. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London,, 1961. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket.. Slight rubbing, otherwise very good+.. Large 8vo. pp 445, [12] plates. Original publisher's teal cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the half title page, ""For Alister Mc Crae, 'alias' Paddy Hendensen... Bernard Fergusson - 22 March '62.""

London: Collins, 1961. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. A study of the development of Combined British & American Operations from Britain’s eviction from the continent in 1940 through their landing at Normandy. A good copy in chipped and faded dust jacket , spine and corners slightly bumped, map end papers slightly discolored (445 pages, 21 illustrations, 11 maps, select bibliography, index).