THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF DAVID, EARL BEATTY - Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, Baron Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby
by CHALMERS, Rear-Admiral W. S
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. 488 pp with 2 maps, 11 diagrams, plus 21 plates with 23 b/w illustrations. Fp: Crayon portrait of David Beatty. Cloth cover, gilt signature on front cover, gilt title on spine. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Drawing much information from Beatty's letters and journals, this is a full biography of the life and naval career of one of the most charismatic and controversial naval commanders of the 20th century. . 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002146
- Title
- THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF DAVID, EARL BEATTY - Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, Baron Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby
- Author
- CHALMERS, Rear-Admiral W. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Royal British Navy World War I 1914 1918
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War I;
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