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Fiasco The Break-Out of the German Battleships
by Potter John Deane
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 081281276X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812812763
- Seller
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heinemann. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 081281276X . Burgundy boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. The dustjacket is not price-clipped and the dustjacket spine is lightly faded but all lettering is clear. The plastic to the dustjacket is also beginning to peel. There is light foxing to the page edges. The covers have marks to the front cover and old glue marks to the spine that may be able to be removed. Otherwise no other Inscriptions or Marks. (12) + 235pp. Illustrated in b/w with map endpapers. Index. Apart from the marks etc this is a Very Good, Very Clean, Tight and Bright 'Very Good Plus' copy. " This is the story of the Scharnhorst, the Gneisenau and the Prinz Eugen; and how they stealthily invaded the straits of Dover. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110354
- Title
- Fiasco The Break-Out of the German Battleships
- Author
- Potter John Deane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 081281276X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812812763
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- 081281276X, Fiasco; German Battleships; Second World War; John Deane Potter; Winston , Churchill;, Scharnhorst; Gneisenau; Prinz Eugen; Hitler; Nazis; Brest Harbour; English , Channel; German Warships; Straits Of Dover; RAF;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naval/Maritime; Europe;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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