Author: SCLATER Lieut.-Cmdr. William
Title: Haida. With an Introduction by A.V. Alexander. Drawings in Colour by Grant Macdonald. IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO
Description: Oxford University Press, Toronto ON,, [1946]. 8vo., First Edition, with 24 fine coloured plates; handsomely bound in navy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with an anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Dramatised account of HMCS HAIDA, one of the most famous Canadian warships of WWII. This Tribal-class destroyer found fame from the Arctic convoys to Murmansk to the Channel battles of 1944 as part of 10th Destroyer Flotilla. Greatly enhanced by Macdonald's wonderful illustrations. Enser, p.282; Law 1521.

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, hmcs haida, tribal class deteoyers, arctic convoys, d-day, william sclater, grant macdonald


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