With the Battle Cruisers: Classics of Naval Literature
by YOUNG, Filson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 087021795X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870217951
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 087021795X . A 1986 reprint edition of a work first published in 1921 by Cassell and Company. This work is Late Lieutenant Filson Young's recap of various battles and experiences while serving in the Royal Navy as an aide to Vice Admiral Sir David Beattie. Includes several black & white photos and three maps, two of which fold out. With an introduction and notes by James Goldrick. A publication of the Naval Institute Press in their Classics of Naval Literature series, edited by Jack Sweetman. --- In dark blue cloth-covered boards with cover & spine titling in gilt on blue blocks. Satin ribbon placemarker sewn in. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking significant damages.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xx, 295, (2) pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86450
- Title
- With the Battle Cruisers: Classics of Naval Literature
- Author
- YOUNG, Filson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 087021795X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870217951
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 087021795X
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>England, UK and UK History; >>Military and Military Leaders;
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