Spin Me a Dit!: Tales of The Royal Australian Navy Tapa dura - 1984

Adelaide: Author Published, 1984. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 260pp, index, photos Size: 8vo

1984 Tales of the Royal Australian Navy. Drawn on Personal experiences WW2 and Korea. Index. Artist impression col. end papers. Over 250 small illus. 260p. 15cms x 25cms.

Adelaide: Published by Author. 1984. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Previous owners name to prelims. 259 pages. This excellent collection of sea stories, recounted in part by the participants, is a unique work reflecting a very personal aspect of the history of the Royal Australian Navy. Part of the book is devoted to Corvette tales, providing a memorable supporting volume to the author's earlier book on Corvettes [The Corvettes]. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Self published, Adelaide, South Australia, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Boards). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Signed by Author. Foreword by Rear Admiral G. R. Griffiths, about the author, acknowledgements, list of abbreviations, prefaced by author, glossary of naval terms, popular navy nicknames, bibliography and other sources and index. Illustrated endpapers, both different, showing different ships from the Royal Australian Navy. The text is illustrated with both black and white photographs and illustrations. Colour laminated boards (wraparound) by Swann, with silver and navy blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for the underlying boards, with silver and navy blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A recounting of stories (dits) told by Mariners from the Royal Australian Navy over two wars, telling of life aboard ship – the humorous, the… Leer más