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Macintyre, Captain Donald, DSO**, DSC, RN, - FIGHTING ADMIRAL - The Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville, GCB, GBE, DSO.
Evans Brothers, London, 1961, 1st edn., 270pp, half tone frontis portrait, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, maps at endpapers, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, an account of the life and naval career of Admiral Sir James somerville, who's experience included that of Fleet Wireless Officer at Gallipoli, between the wars as Executive Officer and then Captain of a succession of battleships in the Mediterranean Fleet, on receiving his Flag as Rear Admiral (Destroyers) of that Fleet, Command-in-Chief of the East Indies Station after which he was temporarily retired from the Royal Navy because of ill-health but was brought back in WW2 to command Force 'H' in the Mediterranean and then Command in Chief of the Eastern Fleet, seeing out WW2 in Washington as Head of the British Naval Mission, tiny bump lower tip upper board, edges tanned and faintly foxed, dustwrapper: price clipped, rubbed with slight loss at extrems., relined to reverse, numerous tiny edges creases, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,
GBP 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 56 US$ 60.18 | JP¥ 9210] Booknumber: 45353
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