Author: Brookes, Ewart,
Title: THE GATES OF HELL.
Description: Jarrolds, London, 1960, 1st edn., 144pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps at eps., black cloth lettered in white and red, decorative lettered dustwrapper, a good introduction to the history of the WW2 convoys to Russia in which Allied and neutral merchant vessels and Allied naval escort vessels steamed on the hazardous route through the arctic ocean from Iceland to Murmansk and Archangel, to supply Russia with war materials in WW2, for much of their journey under constant attack by German submarines and aircraft based in Norway, with details of many of the PQ convoys and with particular reference to convoys PQ17 and JW51B, ex public library copy, rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, tears to front free endpaper with stains from old sello repairs, scattered small ink stamps throughout, pencilled acquisition details inner margin of foreword, brown paper residue final pastedown, dustwrapper: price clipped, sunned at spine, rubbed with slight loss at tips, a reading copy in a good plus dustwrapper,
Keywords: war ww2 sea navy russia arctic kola bear island iceland murmansk tirpitz convoy pq17 pq18 jw51b 43132
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Title: THE GATES OF HELL.
Description: Jarrolds, London, 1960, 1st edn., 144pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps at eps., black cloth lettered in white and red, decorative lettered dustwrapper, a good introduction to the history of the WW2 convoys to Russia in which Allied and neutral merchant vessels and Allied naval escort vessels steamed on the hazardous route through the arctic ocean from Iceland to Murmansk and Archangel, to supply Russia with war materials in WW2, for much of their journey under constant attack by German submarines and aircraft based in Norway, with details of many of the PQ convoys and with particular reference to convoys PQ17 and JW51B, ex public library copy, rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, tears to front free endpaper with stains from old sello repairs, scattered small ink stamps throughout, pencilled acquisition details inner margin of foreword, brown paper residue final pastedown, dustwrapper: price clipped, sunned at spine, rubbed with slight loss at tips, a reading copy in a good plus dustwrapper,
Keywords: war ww2 sea navy russia arctic kola bear island iceland murmansk tirpitz convoy pq17 pq18 jw51b 43132
Price: GBP 10.00 = appr. US$ 14.28 Seller: A Book for all Reasons
- Book number: 43135
- Book number: 43135
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