Rigby Albert (5 results)

Condition: Good. 1997. First Edition. 82 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends.

Condition: Good. 1952. Translation. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Signed with dedication from the translator on front free endpaper. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to rear endpapers. Small, sparkly, diamond and heart-shaped stickers to many pages. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some tears, chipping and creasing. Backed with paper.

First Edition. SIGNED, limited & numbered. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 82 p. : ill., ports, facsims ; 31 cm. Subjects; Rigby, Albert. MMS 172. (Minesweeper). Royal Navy. Great Britain ; Biography. MMS 172 (Ship). Telegraphers ; Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, British Mediterranean Sea ; Personal narratives. Minesweepers. 3 Kg.

First Edition. SIGNED, limited & numbered. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 82 p. : ill., ports, facsims ; 31 cm. Subjects; Rigby, Albert. MMS 172. (Minesweeper). Royal Navy. Great Britain ; Biography. MMS 172 (Ship). Telegraphers ; Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, British Mediterranean Sea ; Personal narratives. Minesweepers. 1 Kg.

Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) throughout; navy buckram, upper board lettered in gilt, a fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. A much-needed addition to the scandously under-written record of the Royal Naval Patrol Service in WWII. Comprised partly of MMS (Motor Magnetic Minesweepers) the RNPS [affectionately known as 'Harry Tate's Navy'] worked tirelessly throughout the conflict in virtually every theatre. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDTION.