Divine Arthur Durham (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Reissue. Fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. First printing of this reissue of the 1945 original. Hardcover. Map endpaper. 307 pp. with index. With a new introduction for this edition by Nicholas Rankin. A foundational, non-fiction memoir of the Dunkirk evacuation of the British forces across the Channel in late May-early June in 1940. Divine piloted one of the "Little Ships" , a fleet of more than 800 small vessels including fishing boats, yachts, tugboats, ferries and private boats (the smallest was a mere 15 feet) that were requisitioned and used to evacuate some 336,000 Allied soldiers trapped on the French coast. Divine made three trips across the Channel in the 35 foot motorboat "White Wing" and the yawl "Little Ann". On his final trip across, Divine was wounded by gunfire, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for Bravery. His book "Dunkirk", being a contemporaneous account, is considered a key work of military history. …

Hard. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. 1st. First American edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Dutton, 1944, first printing. 8vo., 264pp., illustrated with b/w plates. Very good plus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing (March 1945). Blue cloth boards with gilt on the spine. Map endpapers. Interior is unmarked. Bottom fore-corner of text block lightly bumped. Dust jacket worn at head of spine; chipped at corners; some tears along top edge; not price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. 307 pages. A highly detailed, day-by-day, study of the evacuation of Allied soldiers at Dunkirk, May 26-June 4, 1940. The author combines eye witness reporting and authoritative source material to describe the men, ships, planning and strategy of the evacuation, and provides quite a bit of necessary minutiae. The appendix includes a complete list of all the ships that took part in Operation Dynamo. The author, A. D. ''David'' Divine (1904-1987), was himself a participant at Dunkirk with the small boats, where he crossed the channel three times and was wounded on the final voyage. He went on to write several books on military issues, as well as novels, and after the war was the defence correspondent of the British Sunday Times.…

Condition: fair. First American Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 311, endpaper maps, notes, appendices, index, bds somewhat worn and soiled, minor edge soiling, front endpaper repaired with tape. Boards weak, pencil erasure residue on front endpaper. A fine history of the Dunkirk evacuation, from personal accounts and official records. All vessels and key personnel listed.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Dust-wrapper taped. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 307 p. ; 22 cm. Notes; Map on lining-paper. Subjects; Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France. A. D. Divine 1904-1987. Dunkirk. Faber & Faber. 1945. 1 Kg. …

Condition: fair. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 250, illus., map, boards worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. London edition (published by J. Murray) is entitled: Destroyer's war: a million miles by the Eighth flotilla. The Eighth Flotilla and the H.M.S. Firedrake at work against the Axis in the first two years of World War II.…

Condition: fair, ex-lib. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 250, illus., map, few library markings, boards worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. The London edition (published by J. Murray) has the title: Destroyer's War: A Million Miles by the Eighth Flotilla. The story of the Eighth Flotilla and the H.M.S. Firedrake fighting the Axis during World War II.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Dust-wrapper taped. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 307 p. ; 22 cm. Notes; Map on lining-paper. Subjects; Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France. A. D. Divine 1904-1987. Dunkirk. Faber & Faber. 1945. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 212. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered white on spine and front cover. Second edition printed in October, 1955. Very good in price-clipped, very good dust jacket.

Blanda. Condition: Buen Estado. Dust Jacket Condition: Buen Estado.

tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Literatura inglesa (821.111-31"19") Ediciones G.P. Barcelona. 1958. 18 cm. 157 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Libros Plaza', numero coleccion(103). Versión castellana de Carlos Paytuvi. Título original: Boy on a dolphin. Paytuví de Sierra, Carlos. traductor . Cubierta deslucida. (=3544161=) LD230.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG / -- Very scarce. Blue titles to spine and upper cover on pictorial card cover. Binding is firm and tight. Slight soiling to covers. Spine is rather faded. Page edges and end papers are tanned. Owner's name pencilled on front fep. Text is clean. Not ex-library.…

Blanda. Condition: Buen Estado. Dust Jacket Condition: Buen Estado.

Condition: fair to good. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 264, illus., index, somewhat shaken, boards soiled, pencil erasure on front and rear endpapers. The campaigns and operations of naval forces in Nazi-occupied Poland, France, Greece, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Yugoslavia, and Norway during World War II.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED by the author. Physical description; xii, 339 p. : front., illus. (maps) plates, ports. ; 19 cm. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 Naval operations. Great Britain History, Naval. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED by the author. Physical description; xii, 339 p. : front., illus. (maps) plates, ports. ; 19 cm. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 Naval operations. Great Britain History, Naval. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition 1953, first printing stated. Published by Macmillan. Hardcover in dark blue cloth with light blue lettering on the front cover and spine with DJ. Condition fine, square tight and clean book, sharp corners, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ very good, bright, small tears and chips at edges, not sunned, price not clipped. Small 8vo, 186 pages, mapped endpapers. ASIN: B0000CIIP7.…

Condition: Poor. No dust jacket. Some outer edges have scuffs. Cover has scratches/marks. Textblock has tanning. Pages have tanning/foxing but still in readable condition.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 282. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1944 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 282.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 320. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1948 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 320.…