Buy this book on-line LEWIS, LIEUT. CDR, A. H: : A CAUL & SOME WARTIME EXPERIENCESUK.LOSTWITHIEL,CORNWALL.PALACE PRINTERS,1992. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,slim,small 8vo,softback Original,1st edn. [Softback/paperback Originals denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but paperback/softback originals are published prior to any other format,in the country of its origin and sometimes,even worldwide.] NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-removal from front,inside card cover. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around navy blue background with a repetitive small pale blue motif of a pair of semaphore signalling flags and a diagrammatic Crown(?) beneath,a single white line bordered green background,rectangular panel with capitalised, cream/white title and other similar coloured lettered author name and his decorations within, a monochrome ship's photograph beneath it and other white lettering to front cover,spine/ backstrip with capitalised white lettered title and other white lettered author name (minus his decorations) and no reading creases to same,rear cover with repeated pale blue motif design as front cover and without text.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present,minimal,minor and superficial scoring/indents to either cover.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases toany pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,slim,small 8vo,softback Original,1st edn,i-iiipp+1-136pp [paginated] includes author's Inroduction with a Foreword by Vice-Admiral D. H. Mason C.B.,C.V.O. to its reverse,illus+ photographs list/table with a blank verso,11 chapters and an appendix (an abridged chronology of service awards), profuse contemporary b/w photographs,b/w maps and b/w facsimile documents reproductions interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] title page with acknowledgements to its reverse,a contents list/ table with a blank verso.
Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral softback.It really is an exceptional example for its cleanliness,brightness and lackof detracting faults.
An account of the author's family connections with the Royal Navy and of his subsequent service in capital ships and later in command of Motor Torpedo Boats during WW",including actions in which he took part.
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