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World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
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1954. Third Impression. 664 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Volume I. Book has a noticeably smoky odour. Black and white photographic plates. Minor foxing and noticeable tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper. Hinges are moderately cracked causing boards to be loose; lighter to gutters. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is noticeably darkened. Seller Inventory # 1713853290ADA
Title: The War at Sea 1939-1945 Volume I: The ...
Publisher: Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
HMSO, London. 1954. Second impression. VOLUME ONE ONLY. Hardback NO DW. Illustrated with b/w frontis and many fold out maps. Large thick 8vo. Green cloth boards with black glit title piece. Boards a little rubbed and bumped and spine is slightly sunned. Pages slightly browned with some light foxing. Brwon stain to fore edges. Overall a lovely clean and sound copy. Seller Inventory # 112841
Seller: Klondyke, Almere, Netherlands
Condition: Good. Cloth with later spine, illustrated with b/w photographs and a lot of foldable maps, 8vo.; Edges and corners cover worn. Seller Inventory # 346791-XJ11
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, 2nd IMP., THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxii + 664pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanning to spine & covers, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor staining to spine). Seller Inventory # ak1/13a/13
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: tim hildebrand books, Janesville, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book has light scuffing, bumped corners, previous owner's name on front end paper. No dust jacket. All maps intact. Seller Inventory # B1959
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Third Impression. 8vo., green clothbound hardback, black title label, gilt, in unclipped dust jacket. [xxii] + 664pp, indexed, illustrated with b/w plates plus maps in colour and b/w, some fold-out. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Dust jacket rather soiled with loss to top of spine and further small closed tears, chips and creases to edges. A VERY GOOD COPY in Sound Dust Jacket. (Shelf 53) PLEASE NOTE: Heavy Book (1.7 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct. Seller Inventory # 59935
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Hard. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fifth Impression. D/w lightly rubbed and bumped to head and foot. Internally excellent. Volume 1 only. Size: Sm 4to. Seller Inventory # 39344
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
THREE VOLUMES IN FOUR. 4to. Vol. I, 6.5 x 9.5 inches; Vols. 2-3, 7 x 9.75 inches. Vol. I, xxii + [ii] + 718 pp.; Vol. II, xvi + [ii] + 523 pp.; Vol. III, Part I,xv + [i] + 430 pp.; Vol. III, Part II, xvi + [ii] + 502 pp. Vol. I in pictorial card wrappers; Vols. II-III bound in original green cloth, gilt with black title labels, gilt, in dust wrappers, some of which are slightly sunned at edges. Some foxing largely confined to edges and endpapers and a few plates slightly affected by damp, but otherwise a very good set. Vol. II, Part II has erratum slip tipped into title page. Illustrated by 152 maps, including coloured, folding, full page and in text, by 250 photographs on 138 pages of plates, including 4 frontispieces, (photograph and plate figures approximate although the volumes are complete and contain all the illustrations called for) and by 104 tables. Vol. I in pictorial card wrappers; Vols. II-III bound in original green cloth, gilt with black title labels, gilt, in dust wrappers, some of which are slightly sunned at edges. Some foxing largely confined to edges and endpapers and a few plates slightly affected by damp, but otherwise a very good set. Vol. II, Part II has erratum slip tipped into title page. WW2 NAVAL OPERATIONS WW2 MARITIME NAVAL 20TH CENTURY WW2. Seller Inventory # 23619
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Fine. Four volume paperback facsimile reprint set in the History Of The Second World War United Kingdom Military Series, 2004, in overall fine, unread condition. Bindings tight and appear almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - small set of initials to half-title upper right-hand corner tip in each volume; text, maps, tables and illustrations bright and clear throughout. This set if both large and heavy (over 4kg packaged) - additional postage may be required if shipped outside the UK. Photographs available. Not old library books. Seller Inventory # 250333
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United Kingdom
Three volume set in four parts, Vol. I Fifth impression, Vol. II third impression, Vol. III first edition, 8vo., pp.xxii,664; xvi,523; xv,423; xvi,502, green cloth with title-bands in black, lettering gilt, b/w frontispieces, b/w maps (some which are foldout), b/w plates; very light fading/rubbing to boards, else a near fine set in vg+ price-clipped dust-jackets which are slightly toned and very lightly rubbed to extremities, with very slight surface soiling, particularly to rear top left corner of jacket to Volume II. Now in protective covers. Seller Inventory # 39742
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Librairie-Bouquinerie Le Père Pénard, Lyon, France
London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office - 1954 - 1957 - 1960 - 1961 - 4 volumes in-8, cartonnages toilés vert sous jaquette papier de l'éditeur - 413 p. + 523 p. + 664 p. + 502 p. - Très riche iconographie hors texte en N&B + nombreuses cartes dépliantes - Ouvrages en anglais Bon état - Nombreuses illustrations contrecollées rajoutées par l'ancien propriétaire - Jaquettes des volumes I & III part I manquantes - Jaquettes légèrement frottées avec petits manques et petites déchirures, menues salissures et renforts de scotch - Cartonnages légèrement frottés - Carte n° 24 du volume III part II désolidarisée malgré un renfort de scotch. Seller Inventory # 114932