From ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 21, 2006
About this Item
In good condition. Boards show typical edge wear. Spine is sunned, but gilt work still intact. Water marks on spine s cloth. Previous owner s bookplates on front paste down. Text block is tanned, but unmarked. Back gutter is shaken. Binding remains intact and tight. Overall, a nice copy. Please see photos. Paul Chack was a French Navy officer, author and Nazi collaborator. He served in the Navy during the First World War, and spent the interwar period writing books on naval history, and agitating at the Far-Right. During the Second World War, he eagerly collaborated with the Nazi, presiding a so-called "Comité d'action antibolchévique" ("comittee for anti-Bolshevik action"). At the Liberation, he was arrested, tried to treason, and executed by firing squad. Our book was owned by Admiral Sir William Wellclose Davis who was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. Educated at Summerfields School in Oxford, the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Davis was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1917, towards the end of the First World War. He also saw active service in the Second World War, initially as Executive Officer on the battlecruiser HMS hood. After the War Davis was made Director of Underwater Weapons at the Admiralty and then, from 1948, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet. Seller Inventory # FORN-ABE-MSB-0920-Shelf-562-lh10
Bibliographic Details
Title: Ceux du Blocus
Publisher: Les Editions de France
Publication Date: 1928
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Store Description
Chosen as Publishers Weekly's 2023 Bookstore of the Year! Robin Rare Books is the RARE BOOKS DIVISION of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Established in 2001, we are the LARGEST ACADEMIC USED BOOKSTORE between New York and Chicago, with more than TWO MILLION second-hand and out-of-print SCHOLARLY BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS. Our Harrisburg shop has been named the region's Best Independent Bookstore. ... A buyer is eligible to receive a full refund if a book is not in the condition described.
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