THE BATTLE OF NORTH CAPE: The Death Ride Of The Scharnhorst, 1943; Campaign Chronicles By Angus Konstam (South Yorkshire): Pen & Sword Maritime, (2009). First edition. "First published in Great Britain in 2009" statement to the copyright page. Pen & Sword printed post card laid in. Illustrated with four maps and with forty photographs on glossy black-and-white plates. Konstam, author of more than a hundred nautical history books, and whose degree is in Maritime history with a specialty in naval artillery, draws on years of experience and research while in the Royal Navy to bring this detailed chronicle of the World War Two ship to life. Tiny tear to the upper spine edge, else near fine and tight in fresh black linen boards with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a very nearly fine dust jacket with a corresponding very short tear to the upper spine edge; original printed £19.99 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 166 pages; list of German survivors; aftermath; index. PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION HISTORIES THANKS! |