1st Edition. X, 274 PP with 1 head piece and 9 line drawings, plus 10 pages with 16 b/w photos. Fp: HMS Amethyst at Devonport. Eps: Plans of the river Yangtse Kiang. Hard cover, title on spine, bright price-clipped dust jacket with a few small chips. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 21.6 x 14. In April 1949, while patrolling the Yangtse, HMS Amethyst of the 3rd frigate flotilla was attacked by the Chinese People Liberation Army. She later escaped to Shanghai.

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Title: ESCAPE OF THE AMETHYST
Publisher: Heinemann. London. .
Publication Date: 1957
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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