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GIBSON,Bt., The Reverend Sir DAVID: : BATTLE in the Irish Sea. The Life and Death of HMS Manners

UK.LISKEARD,CORNWALL.MARITIME BOOKS,1993.

ISBN 9780952143208.

UK,slim,small 8vo wraps,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.] FINE+.Virtually as NEW.No owner inscrptn and no price-removal from rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered and almost scoring/indent-free,glossy,montage'd contemporary sepia+b/w photographic illustrated front card cover,with capitalised yellow lettered first word of title,remainder in white lettering; sub-title in yellow lettering and author's name in white lettering to front cover, battleship grey spine/backstrip with capitalised yellow lettered part-title and publisher's name and cauthor's name in capitalised white lettering,rear cover with cappitalised Yellow lettered part title and white lettered synopsis. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges brigth crisp and clean - unblemished,no foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips and no reading creases to spine/backstrip - unread(?) other than my own collation.UK,slim, small 8vo wraps,softback Original,1st edn,6- 110pp [paginated] includes a Foreword by Capt, Denis Jermain,DSC,RN,7 chapters,contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,Appenices I - VI (6); plus [unpaginated] inside of front cover with colour schematic map,title page,contents list/table with contemporary b/w photographic frntis to its reverse,and as last page,acknowledgements with a key to opposite colour map on inside of rear cover,to its reverse. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral softback/wrappered book/item.It really is an exceptional,and exemplary example for its cleanliness and brightness. 'Battle in the Irish Sea' is the story - almost unknown - of the final attempt by German U-boat crews to alter the inevitable outcome of WW2. Their failure,at great cost,resulted from team work of the Allied convoy system together with steady improvement of research into the technology of Radar,Direction Finding and of shore bases in charge of such people as Admiral, Sir Max Horton and Captain Roberts of the Western Approaches Tactical Training Unit. The little ships of the Royal Navy - of which Manners was one - escorted vast numbers of merchant ships desperately needed if the Island Fortress was to survive that terrible war which rocked the whole world from 1939 to 1945. Originally DE523,built Boston,Mass,USA,renamed and commissioned into Captain Class Frigate's fleet and named after one of the Captains of the Line,who had commanded and fought in the Battle of Trafalgar.The crews of these new ships were almost always composed of young men who fulfilled,admirably,their duties at sea and met the enemy with heroicity. HMS Manners survived for one year,travelling 32,000 nautical miles from her date of launch in the Boston Navy Yard in Massachusetts to her rendezvous with U-Boat 1051 under the command of Oberleutenant Heinrick von Holleben.She was a happy ship from the moment of her launch and commissioning just prior to Christmas 1943 until her torpeding off Holyhead on 26th January 1945. Her gallant crew,including those who lost their young lives,should be remembered with thankfulness. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the smaller size of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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 the 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,slim,small 8vo wraps,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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