Author: POOLMAN Kenneth
Title: The Kelly. Foreword by Admiral The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR: IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO
Description: Kimber,, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 18 plates on 16, full-page map in the text and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in navy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with gilt anchor, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Standard operational account of the famous destroyer commanded by Mountbatten, from its early days in the North Sea to its sinking off Crete. She was the basis of HMS TORRIN, her fictional counterpart in David Lean's iconic feature film 'In Which We Serve' (1942) starring Noel Coward and John Mills. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.126; Law, 1064.

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, destroyers, mediterranean, crete, mountbatten, hms kelly, poolman, kenneth poolman


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