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JOHNSTON, IAN with FRENCH, MICK - Edited by: : Battleship Ramillies: THE FINAL SALVO

UK.SEAFORTH PUBLISHING/PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD.,2014.

ISBN 9781848322073.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Internal printed anomaly to copyright page of incorrect ISBN 9781848322110  line which is in fact,for 'The Warship Mary Rose: The Life & Times of KING Henry's Flagship',by David Childs,whilst there is an adhesive ISBN/Barcoded label ISBN 9781848322073 to rear panel of dw/dj.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,contemporary sepia photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with brown+black lettered title,black-lettered author's names and brown-lettered Foreword credit; spine/backstrip with black-lettered part title and editor's names as front andpublisher's capitalised black-lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/djbrown+black lettered symopsis.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – head of spine/ backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal crease - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without blemish or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate repeated colour illustrated ship's side elevations to endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn, 9-256pp [paginated] includes a Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh,Acknowledgements,an Introduction,12 chapters with profuse contemporary b/w photographs,b/w illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book, a page on the Ramillies sculpture,Notes and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,double-paged b/w photographic illustrated title page,a dedication,double-paged,subject's b/w photographic illustrated Contents list/table.    Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of detracting faults.        HMS Ramillies was the last battleship to join the Grand Fleet in 1917 and survived to fight in the Second World War. Although the ship did not make headlines, she was actively employed from start to finish, and even survived being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. In this respect she was typical rather than extraordinary but, like any large ship, to her crew she was unique - she was certainly the only ship in British naval history whose captain wore a grass skirt into battle (honoring a Maori belief that the ship would come to no harm while he did so; Ramillies survived the war). This book, produced with the full cooperation of the HMS Ramillies Association, is a tribute to the ship in words and photographs, deftly assembled from a combination of interviews with surviving crew members, and carefully researched diaries and written accounts by those connected with the ship, including HRH the Duke of Edinburgh for whom Ramillies was his first ship. Many personal photo albums were unearthed to provide previously unpublished illustrations, which add a further dimension to a vivid picture of naval life in an almost-forgotten era. A Royal Sovereign-Class battleship ordered under the 1913 Build Programme from William Beardmore at Dalmuir,Glasgow and laid down on 12th November,1913.Launched on 12th September 1916 ,the 5th RN ship bear this name.The name had been introduced in 1706 to commemorate the victory of the Duke of Marlborough and given to a 2nd Rate ship,which was wrecked in 1760.The previous Ramillies was a battleship sold in 1913.Ship's build was completed in October 1917 and the ship continued in full commission during the post WW1 years. The ship is not recorded as having been adopted by a civil community as a result of a WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign during 1941-42. Please contact seller,for correct 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 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. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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