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BALLANTYNE, IAIN: : HMS RODNEY: SLAYER OF THE BISMARCK AND D-DAY SAVIOUR. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.BARNSLEY,S.YORKS.PEN & SWORD MARITIME,2012.

ISBN 9781848848702.

UK,8vo wraps,author SIGNED publisher's bookplate pasted in,softback in a reprinted format.[First published as Hardback in 2008,by Pen & Sword.This edn reprinted in this format by Pen & Sword Maritime,an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd.,in 2012 - so 1st thus.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's signature - without dedication or other inscrptn - to pasted in publisher's bookplate,no dw/dj, as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,sepia+colour photographic illustrated upper wrap with b/w lettering,colour painting with white lettering to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine -no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - and no reading creases to spine/ backstrip,therefore,an unread copy.UK,8vo wraps,SIGNED softback reprint,viii-xvpp+2- 304pp [paginated] includes foreword (by a former serving ship's crew member), acknowledgements,author introduction,21 chapters+epilogue,a few b/w illus/diagrams /maps etc,throughout the text and the book,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in one block,between pp144/5,appendices(6 - includes 2 Bismarck Action battle maps),a biblio,sources,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED bookplated half-title page,title-page,and a contents list/table. The Royal Navy battleship HMS Rodney was one of the most famous warships of the Second World War and remains a legend in the pantheon of naval history.In May 1941 HMS Rodney turned Bismarck,the pride of Hitler's navy,into twisted metal,then participated in hard-fought Malta convoys and later supported the D-Day landings. Rodney's vital role,via formidable naval gunfire support,in breaking the morale of German troops during the battle for Normandy,is outlined here.Through the eyewitness accounts of her sailors and marines we discover what it was like to live and fight in a battleship at war.We learn of the many famous fighting admirals who served in,or commanded,Rodney, including Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham and Admiral Sir John Tovey.The stories of previous British warships to carry the name Rodney,dating back to the 1750's,are covered too,including the vessel that took on the batteries at Sevastopol during the Crimean War.In addition to a fresh perspective on Bismarck's destruction,the author seeks to present new insights into the inter-war mutiny that saw Rodney dubbed 'the Red Ship' and a bomb hit in 1940 that nearly destroyed her. There is even an account of how a group of HMS Rodney's sailors took part in a trailblazing British commando raid.It all makes for a thrilling,epic account of naval warfare. 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 its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo wraps,SIGNED,softback reprint format.
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