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REEMAN**, DOUGLAS [aka Alexander Kent**]: : Dust On The Sea: The Royal Marines - Blackwood Family Saga.

LONDON.HEINEMANN,1999.

ISBN 0434004960.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork,by Geoffrey Husband,illustrated dw/dj panels with black and purple lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges slightly aged/toned with some minimal,sporadic spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - light page- edge toning excepted - otherwise near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-304pp [paginated] includes a prologue,18 chapters and an epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication with an epigram, a T.S. Eliot quote,and 8pp blanks at the rear. It is 1943,and Captain Mike Blackwood, Royal Marine Commando,is a survivor. Young,toughened,and tried in the hellish crucible of Burma,he labours,sometimes faltering,beneath the weight of tradition, the glorious heritage of his family,and the burden of his own self-doubt. For him,the horizon is not the lip of the trench seen by men of the Corps in the previous war,but the ramp of a landing craft smashing down into the sea,and the fire of the enemy on a Sicilian beach. Here,tradition is not enough,and Mike Blackwood must find within himself qualities of leadership which will inspire those Royal Marines who are once again the first to land,and among the first to die. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,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!

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

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