Admirals in Collision
by Hough, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1199879126
- ISBN 13
- 9781199879127
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 1199879126 . New York: Viking Press, (1959). First Edition. 8vo. x,182pp, List of Sources Consulted. Blue cloth, fine condition; dj very good, few short tears and slight wear to edges. Story of the sinking of Queen Victoria's greatest battleship, "Victoria". 3 Diagrams, 13 Illustrations on glossy paper. Faint pencil line to margin of p.116 (Admiralty needing to explain the disaster), made by Admiral Rickover, which was his tendency when engaging text - he keyed the page by penciling the number on the rear pastedown, also his habit. Purchased from the Estate of Eleonore B. Rickover, the wife of Admiral Hyman B. Rickover.; Illustrated; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11738
- Title
- Admirals in Collision
- Author
- Hough, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1199879126
- ISBN 13
- 9781199879127
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- 1199879126, Sea Disasters, Royal Navy, Maritime, Rickover, Ship wrecks
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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