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APPS, MICHAEL: : THE FOUR ARK ROYALS

LONDON.WILLIAM KIMBER & CO. LIMITED,1976.

ISBN 071830344X.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with white lettering to front panel and spine/backstrip,rear panel plain blue; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edges minimally and faintly dust-soiled with sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges without foxing/spotting but all generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no foxing/spotting and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean plain white endpapers with slight off-set foxing from dw/dj inner flaps.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,12-256pp [paginated] includes an introduction,9 chapters, 24pp historical and contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,b/w diagrams+maps similalrly interspersed,a Bibliography,Appendices(6) and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table with Acknowledgements to its verso, Illustrations list/table,and a Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Fell,KCB,DSO,DSC. This edition is now out-of-print as the publisher ceased trading in the late 1980's.The company was bought by Thorsons in 1988,and therefore ceased publishing under that name. Thorsons was purchased by William Collins in 1989.William Collins became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990,and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers.The name of William Kimber has not been used for publishing since that,making all previously published titles by them,out-of-print,under that name.      The aircraft carrier has played a vital role in the war at sea during the sixty years of the Fleet Air Arm's existence.And of ll the ship's names,that of 'Ark Royal' is one of the best known.In all,there have been four Ark Royals, three of them aircraft carriers,and the last is still in commission (then 1976),though the end of her career is in sight.The first 'Ark Royal' was a 16thC galleon,the flagship of the Lord High Admiral of England,Lord Howard of Effingham,and fought in the Armada.The next 'Ark Royal' fought in a very different age; intended as a merchant ship,she was converted into a sea-plane carrier to serve at the Dardanelles and the Gallipoli landings.Renamed the 'Pegasus',she lived on to the Second World War as a fighter catapult ship.The third 'Ark Royal' was perhaps the best known and best loved of all ships in the second World War,taking part in some of its most stirring battles.She was sunk off Gibraltar having played a crucial part in the sinking of the 'Bismarck'.The fourth 'Ark Royal' was launched in 1950,and is facing the challenge of the future as new types of warships are developed. Michael Apps,formerly of the Fleet Air Arm,and author of 'Send her Victorious', traces the history and development of the four 'Ark Royals',with an emphasis on the outstanding actions they have fought in.This is a book for all interested in what is surely one of England's greatest and imperishable heritages - her naval history. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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