Gericke Robert J (1 results)
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Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.R Bryan Old Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 53.75
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. Photography, military. No publisher, no place, no date (ca. 1946). Stiff coardbaord covers with light edge wear comb-bound to 5 pages of introduction and 46 pages of captioned photographs of the California (a Tennessee-class battleship) as it sailed to Philadelph…ia via Capetown South Africa after being stationed in Honshu Japan. Great photos of officers and dignitaries, also of sailors dressed as King Neptune, Davy Jones, Queen Amphitrite, amd other characters during an initiation of pollywogs" into the ranks of the "shellbacks". VERY SCARCE great copy.
