Warspite by Roskill (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very good. First Paperback Edition. 16mo (18 x 12 cm). 319 pp. Glossy covers with color illustration of HMS Warspite to upper, spine and lower. Yellow/white titles to upper and spine. Wear to edges, old price sticker to lower, rest of text block tight and unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. 1957. 2nd Impression. 319 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light foxing overall.

Condition: Good. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 319 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscription and sticker to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bound in blue cloth over boards with gold lettering on spine. DJ is toned with small stain in front top right corner, wrapped in protective mylar. Binding is tight and secure. Pages are clean with light toning and minimal wear. Printed in B&W with illustrations throughout. 319 pages. Stated Second Impression, 1957. A nice copy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover in protected dust wrapper, 319pp, b&w plates, maps. Dust wrapper worn on edges with some chipping and small pieces missing, a bit of browning to dw, board edges worn, page edges browned; a good copy for age. This acclaimed study recounts the battleship Warspite's engagements from Jutland to Normandy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. 1957. 2nd Impression. 319 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Tape to top edge. Light foxing and marking overall.

Cloth Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very slight rubbing to boards and mild spotting to fep/rep and CE. Else a sound copy Size: 8vo.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15x22cm]. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket. DJ has some light edgewear and a split to spine fold [now repaired on the underside] - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Still a nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Uncommon in hardcover. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 319 pages. HMS Warspite was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1913 and in 1915 was assigned to the Grand Fleet and participated in the Battle of Jutland. The rest of her service during the war generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. During the Second World War, she was involved in the Norwegian Campaign in early 1940 and was transferred to the Mediterranean later that year where the ship participated in fleet actions against the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) while also escorting convoys and bombarding Italian troops ashore. She was damaged by German aircraft during the Battle of Crete in mid-1941 and after repairs Warspite returned home in mid-1943 to conduct naval gunfire support as part of Force H during the Italian campaign. She was again badly damaged by German radio-controlled glider bombs during the landings at Salerno and spent most of the next year under repair. The ship bombarded German positions during the Normandy landings and on Walcheren Island in 1944, despite not being fully repaired. These actions earned her the most battle honours ever awarded to an individual ship in the Royal Navy. For this and other reasons, Warspite gained the nickname the "Grand Old Lady" after a comment made by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham in 1943 while she was his flagship.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Original Dustjacket Artwork. First Edition Artwork. The finished artwork for the first edition d/w of this book, image 7.2" x 8.8" (18cm x 22cm) in gouache and watercolour on art paper mounted on board, artist unknown, and includes a colour "rough" for the same subject, and two printer's proofs (or "pulls") with further instructions on one for (mainly) colour alterations required before going to press.