Haida. With an Introduction by A.V. Alexander. Drawings in Colour by Grant Macdonald. IN FULL MOROCCO
de SCLATER Lieut.-Cmdr. William
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Oxford University Press, Toronto ON,, [1946]. 8vo., First Edition, with 24 fine coloured plates; handsomely bound in navy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with an anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Dramatised account of HMCS HAIDA, one of the most famous Canadian warships of WWII. This Tribal-class destroyer found fame from the Arctic convoys to Murmansk to the Channel battles of 1944 as part of 10th Destroyer Flotilla. Greatly enhanced by Macdonald's wonderful illustrations. Enser, p.282; Law 1521.
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- Título
- Haida. With an Introduction by A.V. Alexander. Drawings in Colour by Grant Macdonald. IN FULL MOROCCO
- Autor
- SCLATER Lieut.-Cmdr. William
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press, Toronto ON,
- Fecha de publicación
- [1946]
- Palabras clave
- naval, ww2, wwii, hmcs haida, tribal class deteoyers, arctic convoys, d-day, william sclater, grant macdonald
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
