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The Cruiser Uganda: One War - Many Conflicts
by Geneja, Stephen Conrad [Signed]; Landymore, Rear-Admiral W.M.[Foreword]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0969875401
- ISBN 13
- 9780969875406
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Canada: Tyendinaga Publishers, 1994. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed and dated by author, without inscription, upon title page. "The first documented and eyewitness account of Canada's only cruiser in World War Two and her part in the Pacific War." - subtitle. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos, illustrations and maps. Glossary, bibliography and index. xii, 282 pages. Includes list of crew members as of December 15, 1944. Map endpapers. Two custom bookmarks laid-in. Prior owner's armorial bookplate upon verso of front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with moderate wear and lean to spine. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. COOKE [3e] p.85..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 811H4224
- Title
- The Cruiser Uganda: One War - Many Conflicts
- Author
- Geneja, Stephen Conrad [Signed]; Landymore, Rear-Admiral W.M.[Foreword]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0969875401
- ISBN 13
- 9780969875406
- Publisher
- Tyendinaga Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Uganda (ship), World War, 1939-1945 - Naval Operations, Canadian, Cruisers (warships) - Canada - History - 20th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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