Yankee R. N. Being the Story of a Wall Street Banker Who Volunteered for Active Duty in the Royal Navy before America Came Into the War
by Cherry, A. H
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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About This Item
E-264: Jarrolds. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. Third Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Jarrolds, London, UK. 1951. 544 pgs. Frontis present and 36 illustrations. Third Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to reverse of the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Cherry was a Wall Street Banker who volenteered before war broke out. Cherry saw service on coastal and Atlantic convoys and on anti-U-boat patrols from Bermuda. He served in Winchester, Evadne, Riou and Wren (a member of the 2nd Escort Group commanded by Captain F. Walker) , and saw action in the Normandy landings before joining the Allied Occupation Force in Bremen. EB .
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- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62901
- Title
- Yankee R. N. Being the Story of a Wall Street Banker Who Volunteered for Active Duty in the Royal Navy before America Came Into the War
- Author
- Cherry, A. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Publisher
- Jarrolds
- Place of Publication
- E-264
- Date Published
- 1953
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- Cloth
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