In the Navy.
by Rickard, D. R
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0646389297
- ISBN 13
- 9780646389295
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Adelaide, Brighton: Self-Published: D. R. Rickard, 1999. Paperback large octavo, good condition, black & white photos, few black & white drawings, top corner rear cover & the last few pages creased, light creases in covers, spine ends little rubbed, edges lightly toned, minor edgewear. 158 pp. D. R. Rickard provides a lighthearted look at life in the Royal Australian Navy, starting in the 1960s and covering three decades. The book has interesting characters, anecdotal accounts that are unique to the day-to-day living in a confined shipboard environment. The story is played out in the Far East, South Seas and a Sydney dockyard, and set against the backdrop of a war in South-East Asia, together with many other significant world events of the time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41222
- Title
- In the Navy.
- Author
- Rickard, D. R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0646389297
- ISBN 13
- 9780646389295
- Publisher
- Self-Published: D. R. Rickard
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide, Brighton
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- maritime, nautical, royal australian navy, australian government, australian history, anecdotes, sailors
- Bookseller catalogs
- MARITIME & NAUTICAL;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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