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HENNESSY, MAX: : The Dangerous Years

LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1978.

ISBN 0241100151.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Max Hennessy is the pseudonym of John Harris,author of 'The Sea Shall Not Have Them'.]NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, wrap-around colour pictorial artwork,by Ian Robertson,illustrated dw/dj,with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Majority of any light creasing is to top edges of dw/dj. Top edges bright and generally clean,fore- edges however,have a few splash/stain spots to top 1" of it's edges - the remainder bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - 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 green cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,3-292pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 8,9 and 8 chapters respectively,plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+title pages, characters list/table,Pts separator pages and 4pp blanks at the rear. Hero of the Jutland in WW1,Kelly Maguire progresses rapidly to senior rank during the inter-war years - beset with difficulties as,in particulary dangerous times,politicians insist on cutting down the Navy's strength.Kelly finds himself involved in the apalling tragedy of the Russian Civil War of 1919-1920,when the Navy manned armoured trains and was occupied in the rescue of thousands of terrified White Russians while the Red Army approached and typhus decimated their regiments. Readers of Max Hennessy's previous book, the first in 'The Lion at Sea' series,will remember Kelly's lifelong romance with Charlotte Upfold ('Charley').This becomes complicated by the appearance of a seductive Russian baroness.When Kelly finds himself concerned with the activities of the Yangtze gunboats during the Chinese troubles of 1927,there is yet another emotional entanglement,and this one leads to marriage,not to the unfortunate Charley but to the spoiled daughter of a wealthy aristocrat.Kelly's life suddenly seems to go haywire,and he returns to England in the traumatic experiences of the naval mutiny at Invergordon.Kelly's confidence and initiative are typical of a hardened sailor,who is a born leader,and these,with a dash of good luck and a little help from an old love and an old enemy,save him from disaster in a splendid and gripping climax to the book. 'The Dangerous Years' is a tremendous sequel in the story of Kelly Maguire.It is also a book with much period interest, dealing with vital incidents in British history not often featured in books about the Navy. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,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.