Author: SMITH Peter C.
Title: Battleship Royal Sovereign and her Sister Ships. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Description: Kimber,, [1988]. 8vo., First Edition, with 49 plates on 16, text pages very lightly browning at edges; original grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers ROYAL SOVEREIGN ('Tiddly Quid'), REVENGE, RAMILLIES, RESOLUTION, and the ill-fated ROYAL OAK. Although classified by Churchill as 'coffin ships' these aged veterans of WWI fought strenuously throughout WWII; surprisingly, all but one survived. THE FIRST EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN DUSTWRAPPER.

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, battleships, royal sovereign,ramillies, resolution, revenge, royal oak, peter smith


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