Beschreibung
-----The scan you see is the book you get. Glossy pictorial hard cover, 96 pages, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR, with b & w illustrations through-out, with full page letter loosely laid in. "Our Island's heritage. A history, in verse, from Drake to the 1980's, together with the author's own abservations during sixteen vears in the Royal Navy, the oldest fighting service in existance. Drake, Nelson, Beatty, Jellicoe, and Mountbatten are all remembered as are Victory, Dreadnought, Ajax, Sheffield, Ardent and Antelope. The Events of Trafalgar, Jutland, Dunkirk, Normandy and Falklands also. Though more than Admirals, ships and events. It is the story of the common people who served the Jack and Ensign, 'Jack', 'Jenny' and 'Royal'. Their traditions, their fears, their simple pleasures. What they gave and still give for 'God Monarch and Country. to them the ballads, 'Trafalgar Epitaph', 'Jenny' and 'Per Mare Per Terram', are dedicated." Check out the scans. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005529
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Bibliografische Details
Titel: The Jack and Ensign -(SIGNED)-
Verlag: The Bath Press, United Kingdom
Erscheinungsdatum: 1986
Einband: Hard Cover
Zustand: Near Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Signiert: Signed by Author
Auflage: 1st Edition
