The Last Gentleman of War: The Raider Exploits of the Cruiser "Emden de R.K. Lochner - 1988

1988 5 Maps. 42 Illus. 321 Pages. 15 x 23cms. V/G in D/W The Raider exploits of the cruiser Emden. Translated by T & H Lindauer From Official German Sources. End-paper maps. Full description of the ship. Long bibliography. Index.

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

London/Melbourne/Auckland Stanley Paul/Century Hutchinson (1988) HARDCOVER. Fine/Near Fine dj. (appears never read. book clean/unmarked/tight/crisp. jacket complete/clean/crisp. small stain along top edge reverse side, no tears) 8vo. 24 pages of glossy, black & white photographs + occasional maps & a line drawing. Endpaper maps. Includes Appendix & lengthly Bibliography. Presumed 1st UK Edition (none stated). Translated from the German by Thea & Harry Lindauer. English translation of: 'Die Kaperfahrten des Kleinen Kreuzers Emden'.

Stanley Paul. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0091737826 . Dw has fade to s pine and sl to margins. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 321 pages .

London: Stanley Paul. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Fading to jacket spine. 1988. First Edition in Great Britain. Red hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xiii, 321pp. .

London: Stanley Paul, 1988. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine and onto the margins of the panels. Previous owners' name and date to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with black titling to the spine) Physically 9¼” x 6¼” (1.1 kg); (xiii) 321pp; Bibliography; Translated by Thea & Harry Lindauer; Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps; Maps to the lining papers; ISBN: 0-0917-3782-6 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully 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 my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #191082|| Condition:

London: Stanley Paul, 1988. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine and onto the margins of the panels. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Price Clipped. Gift inscription to the half-title page. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with black titling to the spine) Physically 9¼” x 6¼” (1.1 kg); (xiii) 321pp; Bibliography; Translated by Thea & Harry Lindauer; Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps; Maps to the lining papers; ISBN: 0-0917-3782-6 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully 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 my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #190555|| Condition:

London: Stanley Paul, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. The Cruiser Emden was probably the most effective of German efforts to disrupt its enemies in the Indian and Pacific Oceans during the First World War. The author has, from German, French and English sources, pieced together the exploits of the ship and its crew from its sinking of 19 merchant ships and destroying two Allied warships, to its own sinking by an Australian cruiser, until the Emden's survivors' escape through Asia to Constantinople where they were reunited with their German comrades. Near Fine Hardback in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. 321 pages with maps, some black and white plates and a bibliography. Weight: 0.8 kg Post free within Malaysia Apart from light tanning on the dust jacket and the book's pages, it looks new

London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, [1], 321 pages. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "The Emden is credited with capturing or sinking nineteen merchant ships while sweeping the seas from Diego Garcia to Calcutta, from the Maldive islands to the Malay Peninsula during WW I. After she was defeated by an Australian cruiser her survivors embarked on an adventure-filled journey across the Indian Ocean, overland on the Arabian Peninsula, to Constantinople and the safety of a German squadron. Provides a colourful portrait of a lost era of naval warfare that will engage the imagination and intellect of all readers." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. A high quality copy..