Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1946
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st U.S. Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Large 8vo. xii,228pp, Index. Gray cloth, blue letters and image. Near fine condition, slightly worn; no dj. Many and maps photographs, other illustrations. Struggle to control the narrow seas to prevent the Germans from using coastal shipping and keep open allied convoy routes, for the most part employing Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunboats, and Motor Launches.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 228 pages.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946
Seller: Fritz T. Brown - Books, Georgetown , MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945. Good to good+ tight condition with slight wear to top/bottom of spine and cover corners. Short Gift inscription on first front end page. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0.
Published by Country Life Ltd, London, 1946
Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, Australia
Cloth Boards. Reprint. Reprint, Royal 8vo, pp. xii, 228, Index, colour frontis, colour and b/w plates, maps, endpaper maps, previous owner's inscr., newspaper clippings taped to margins of pp. 80, 141, 215 and pp. 218 (servicemen obituaries), light foxing scattered throughout, original pictorial cloth bds., spine lightly suned particularly head, edges rubbed, top cnrs bumped, id worn d.j., edges creased and chipped, tape marks to front fore-edge, number of closed tears, protected. The coastal forces that fought to keep open the convoy routes of the English Channel. Includes the stories of the Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunboats, and Motor Launches.
Published by Country Life London 1945, 1945
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition orig. cloth Very Good quarto xii + 228pp., colour frontis., colour & b/w plates, maps, charts, index, The coastal forces that fought to keep open the convoy routes of the English Channel. Includes the stories of the Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunboats, and Motor Launches.
Published by Country Life London 1946, 1946
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
reprint chipped dust jacket Nice Copy quarto xii + 228pp., colour frontis., colour & b/w plates, maps, charts, index, The coastal forces that fought to keep open the convoy routes of the English Channel. Includes the stories of the Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunboats, and Motor Launches.