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German Destroyers of World War II
by Koop, Gerhard; Schmolke, Klaus-Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1853675407
- ISBN 13
- 9781853675409
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
London / Annapolis: Greenhill Books / Naval Institute Press, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, quarto sized volume bound in navy blue cloth and lettered in silver on spine. in publisher's dust-jacket. 224 pages. Index of Ships. Translated from the German by Geoffrey Brooks. First American edition, first edition in English published contemporaneously with the British edition. This essential reference work for this class of warship is illustrated with hundreds of black and white photographs, detailed drawings and maps, as well as end-section depicting camouflage schemes. The authors also provide a war record for all of the ships discussed. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, pristine and like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020066
- Title
- German Destroyers of World War II
- Author
- Koop, Gerhard; Schmolke, Klaus-Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1853675407
- ISBN 13
- 9781853675409
- Publisher
- Greenhill Books / Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- London / Annapolis
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Germany Navy -World War II, Naval History, Destroyers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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