Search Results: the kelly by poolman kenneth

New English Library, 1974. Soft Cover. Good. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased; moderate edge wear/ corners creased; small chip on bottom of spine/ several pages and page tips creased/ previous owners name label on front page/ pages slightly yellowed

London: Kimber, 1954. 1st. ed. HBK+D/W. Badly water damaged. Text sound. Reading copy only. 219 pp. + 19 photographic plates + 2 maps.

William Kimber 2Nd Edn August, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1954. Second Edition. 219 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Some stained brown marking to top edges of pages. Stained brown marking to a few pages, text is not affected. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Damp staining to edges of boards and along spine. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Scuffing and light marking overall. Damp staining to spine and edges. Tape to edge of spine.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Norton, 1955. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London : W. Kimber, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. First Edition. 219 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Foreword by Admiral the Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hodder & Stoughton General Division. Used - Acceptable. Bargain book!

London: William Kimber, 1954. 220 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H). B&w photographs, map. Map endpapers. "Often in the words of the men who sailed in her, Kenneth Poolman has made the story of one ship tell the larger tale of Britain in duress, fighting for her life. We see the great battles and the long patrols of the Arctic and the Norwegian shore, of the North Sea, the Channel and the Western Approaches, and of Crete and Malta in the Mediterranean as the men of the 'Kelly' saw them; as Mountbatten and Lord Hugh Beresford saw them from the 'Kelly's' bridge, as Stoker Rogers saw them from his engine-room, as the sweethearts and wives of 'Kelly' men came to know them." The 'Kelly' was commissioned August 23rd 1939 and sunk by dive-bombers May 23rd, 1941. Small bookstore label and tiny glue mark on free front endpaper, light to moderate edge rubbing - mainly at corners and at top/bottom of spine, light wrinkling at top of spine, light rubbing on boards and on… Read More

London.: William Kimber., 1954. 219pp, photographs. DW has some wear & tears, & some loss.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Acceptable.

New York: Norton, 1955. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine.. A previous owner has noted the dated of publication in ink on the title page. The dust jacket is price clipped and has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities.

London: William Kimber & Co Ltd. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. cover rubbed. 1954. First Edition. Navy blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 219pp + ads. .

Lon.: Kimber. the history of Mountbatten's destroyer during WWII . Very Good. Hardcover. Second. 1954.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine in a very good dustwrapper with short tears along the edges.

William Kimber, London, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Scratch on front cover. Fresh covers, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Contains black and white illustrations. No dust-jacket. A small adhesive label on the lower edge of the reverse of the rear end-paper with the previous owner's collection reference.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0718303717. ISBN/EAN: 9780718303716. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 75821111029. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. 9780718303716

Kimber, 1954. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Mainly a reading copy - mostly clean and tightly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Second Edition; 8vo; pp. 224; map endpapers, frontispiece, 16 pages of b/w plates, 1 b/w map, chronological note, glossary of naval terms; original blue cloth; a good copy. London, William Kimber, 1954.

One man's view of a destroyer in wartime - a brief record of the doings of a group of personalities, and of the background against which they did what they did, both comic and serious. Not the least of these personalities is the Kelly herself. 219 pages with 16 pages of black and white photos and 2 maps. Some of the text has minor foxing but generally clean. Front page has been cut to remove some writing but does not affect map and first blank page has an inscription.Edges have some foxing. Cover in fair condition - see photo.

William Kimber, 1969. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. Hardback reprint with a foreword by Admiral The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1969, with laminated boards and no jacket as published. In overall good to very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards lightly rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; light spotting to endpapers and tanning to page-ends but text and maps bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

London: William Kimber & Co., Ltd., 1954. First English Edition Intrepid. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Mountbatten's destroyer, from commission to sinking off Crete. A very good copy, without dust jacket. Somewhat shelfworn, contents fine. Owner name in ink on half-title. (219p., 19 illus., map, chrono., glossary, map eps.Sm. cov. wear.)