HANKEY: MAN OF SECRETS. VOLUME I -1877-1918; VOLUME II - 1919-1931 [TWO VOLUMES] by Roskill, Stephen - 1972

Collins 1972 . THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, red buckram heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, 608pp, illus - plates, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, occasional soiling to page edges) in d/w Scruffy (heavy chipping to edgesm 3cm lossy tear to top front left corner, heavy sun fading to spine)

Naval Institute Press, 1972. Hard Cover Hardcover. VERY GOOD/GOOD. • Binding: Hard Cover • 1972 • Clean tight pages. Tight square binding. Has U. S. Naval Institute bookplate with owner's name. Light edgewear. Dust jacket has edgewear. •

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1972. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 608 pages. Some wear to dust jacket edges. Includes Abbreviations, Foreword and Acknowledgments, and Index. Also includes numerous black and white illustrations, Hankey's draft "Manifesto" August 1931 on page 549, and MacDonald's amended note on financial measures on page 551. Also includes a map the the Dardanelles in 1922 on page 278. Captain Stephen Wentworth Roskill, CBE, DSC, FBA (1 August 1903 - 4 November 1982) was a senior career officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Second World War and, after his enforced medical retirement, served as the official historian of the Royal Navy from 1949 to 1960. He is now chiefly remembered as a prodigious author of books on British maritime history. For his actions in helping keep HMS Leander afloat, Roskill was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. In March, 1944 he was promoted acting captain and joined the British… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Collins. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1970. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 672 pages. Some wear and pieces missing from dust jacket. Includes Acknowledgments, Appendices, Index, and Footnotes. Includes 26 b/w photos, and 8 full-page b/w maps. Also includes appendices showing a specimen of Hankey's rough note for Minutes of a Cabinet Meeting, the Administration Staff who served in the Cabinet Office from 1908-1918, and Index. Captain Stephen Wentworth Roskill, CBE, DSC, FBA (1 August 1903 - 4 November 1982) was a senior career officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Second World War and, after his medical retirement, served as the official historian of the Royal Navy from 1949 to 1960. He is now chiefly remembered as a prodigious author of books on British maritime history. For his actions in helping keep HMS Leander afloat, Roskill was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. In March, 1944 he was promoted acting captain and joined the British… Read More