Blockade Busters by Barker Ralph (39 results)

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with minor discoloring to the spine.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. First American edition. Jacket price clipped, page ridges foxed. 1977 Hard Cover. 224 pp. Contains a detailed account of three important British naval blockade-running attempts from neutral Sweden during WWII.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Blockade Busters This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. very nice copy; getting Swedish steel to Britain during WWII.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good condition. First American edition, first printing. No internal markings of any kind. Dust jacket has been price-clipped. Light soiling to edges of text block. Previous owner's name on rear inside DJ flap.; 8.10 X 5.60 X 1.10 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good (slightly faded). Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Very Good (price clipped). 1st Printing. Dust jacket has a small (7mm) closed tear on bottom front edge. Size: Octavo.

blue 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. minor sunfading along the top of covers. edges clean. fox spots on the endpapers, erasure spot on front flyleaf, otherwise contents free of markings. price clipped dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first american edition so stated. first printing (#1 in # line). 224p. approximately 31 b&w photo illustrations. sources. index. biography. world history. world war ii. naval history. third reich. nazi germany. ~ One of the great sea stories of World War II has at last been declassified and told. It is the tale of George Binney, a thirty~nine~year~old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun in 1940, who ran vital cargoes of Swedish war materiel to Britain through the German blockade in the Skagerrak, where the Luftwaffe was in complete control of the air and the Royal Navy dared not attempt to provide protection. Loading a number of stranded Norwegian ships with stockpiled goods that would otherwise have gone to Germany, and manning them with motley crews personally recruited from interned British seamen, Norwegian patriots, and Swedish engineers, Binney determined to break out into the North Sea under cover of darkness and bad weather. Despite Admiralty forecasts that such an operation was doomed, and in the face of political objections, five ships carrying a year's supply of Swedish materials for the expanding British war industries were successfully sailed to Britain in January 1941. This was only the beginning. An attempt to sail ten more ships in April 1942, bitterly opposed by the Germans, and delayed for many months by a legal wrangle in the Swedish courts, ended in disaster when six of them were sunk or scuttled and only two got through. But then came the saga of the Little Ships, the motor gunboats that operated out of the Humber to and from the Swedish coast in the winter of 1943~44, defying all that rough weather and the strengthened German defenses could throw at them. The moving spirit in all these operations was George Binney, and despite the losses sustained, his success provided Britain with essential materials at a crucial time.

unbound. Condition: Good. . Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 224pp ISBN 0393056090 "Declassified and told at last--one of the great clandestine aventures of World War II." very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 p with 8 B&W plates and one map. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's name sticker on first free page. DJ is bright and undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/vg hardback in vg dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Book VG blue cloth dark blue tight spine strip, as new hinges. DJ price clipped in clear plastic cover. 224 PP. B+W photos throughout. Bright unmarked copy, not ex-library. Excellent declassified actual sea stories of war material into Britain from Sweden in January 1941!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slightly Frayed DJ. First Edition. 224pp Illus. Index. Swede George Binney, with crews of Swedish engineers and Norwegian patriots, ran a blockade of Swedish material out into the North Sea and on to England. (Loc 900/1).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover price clipped. Stated first American edition. with a full number line starting with 1.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Codd, Mike (illustrator). First Edition. The boards have some fading to the edges with a little marking to the rear panel and a three inch crease to the top right corner of the front panel. Page edges are browned and spotted. Endpapers are browned with some spotting and the original owners name and date to the front free endpaper - this was Sinclair Burgess who was a friend of my family when I was growing up in Shetland. Pages are lightly browned with a little spotting at the front and back but they are otherwise unmarked. The jacket is a little loose around the edges with some creasing along the right edge of the front panel and browning to the rear panel. Quite heavy yellow spotting to the front and rear flaps and to the reverse. Jacket illustration by Mike Codd. First printing.

1st ed. Dust jacket spine a little yellowed. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Marks to page edges. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Minor wear to DJ. Boards & pages are in excellent condition - no inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 224 pages; Price clipped dust jacket, wearing to dust jacket as well as the book.

8vo. 224 pp. Numerous photo illusts. Half-blue cloth over blue boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (frnt flp clppd as issued), NF/NF. First edition of this tale of George Binney, who was a blockade runner bringing Swedish war material to Britain through the German blockade in the Skagerrak.

Hardback. Ralph Barker, Pen & Sword Books Ltd. Recounts one of the greatest sea stories of World War II. It is the story of how George Binney, a 39 year-old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun by the Germans in 1940, set about running vital cargoes of Swedish ball-bearings and special steels to Britain through the blockaded Skagerrak, where German air strength was dominant and where the Royal Navy dare not trespass. Despite Admiralty gloom and in the face of political objections that were overcome by Binney's persistence, five ships carrying a year's supply of valuable materials for the expanding British war industries were successfully sailed to Britain in January 1941. A following attempt was not as successful and ended when six ships were sunk or scuttled. But then came the saga of the Little Ships, the motor gunboats flying the Red Duster that operated out of the Humber to and from the Swedish coast in the winter of 1943/44, defying the strenghtened German defences and the wrath of severe weather. Hardback.

Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. First Thus. THE BLOCKADE BUSTERS Cheating Hitler's Reich of Vital War Supplies. Ralph Barker. Pen & Sword, Barnsley. 2005 First Thus ISBN 1844152820 224pp Illustrated Hardback. Recounts one of the greatest sea stories of World War II. It is the story of how George Binney, a 39 year-old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun by the Germans in 1940, set about running vital cargoes of Swedish ball-bearings and special steels to Britain through the blockaded Skagerrak, where German air strength was dominant and where the Royal Navy dare not trespass. Despite Admiralty gloom and in the face of political objections that were overcome by Binney's persistence, five ships carrying a year's supply of valuable materials for the expanding British war industries were successfully sailed to Britain in January 1941. A following attempt was not as successful and ended when six ships were sunk or scuttled. But then came the saga of the Little Ships, the motor gunboats flying the Red Duster that operated out of the Humber to and from the Swedish coast in the winter of 1943/44, defying the strenghtened German defences and the wrath of severe weather. This copy is in MINT condition in a MINT unclipped dustwrapper. Ref D5.

Hardback. Recounts one of the greatest sea stories of World War II. It is the story of how George Binney, a 39 year-old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun by the Germans in 1940, set about running vital cargoes of Swedish ball-bearings and special steels to Britain through the blockaded Skagerrak, where German air strength was dominant and where the Royal Navy dare not trespass. Despite Admiralty gloom and in the face of political objections that were overcome by Binney's persistence, five ships carrying a year's supply of valuable materials for the expanding British war industries were successfully sailed to Britain in January 1941.A following attempt was not as successful and ended when six ships were sunk or scuttled. But then came the saga of the Little Ships, the motor gunboats flying the Red Duster that operated out of the Humber to and from the Swedish coast in the winter of 1943/44, defying the strengthened German defenses and the wrath of severe weather. 1976. First edition. A near fine copy with only very light age tanning of the edges. The d/w is unclipped and also near fine and has been covered in a transparent adhesive covering. {"length"=>["22"], "width"=>["14"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. Sticker remnant to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise; Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (0.9 kg); pp 224; Index; Cover art by Jon Wilkinson; Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps; List of sources; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #193718 ||.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224pp w/ 1 table, 1 facsimile of document and 2 maps, plus 12 pages with 32 bw photos. Story of two convoys bringing material from Sweden to England: one successful in January 1941, the second in 1942 lost 6 ships of the 8 that set sail. Story of the Motor Gun Boats under the Red Duster which were breaking the German blockade during the winter 1942/1943. Price clipped. Clean.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.