About this title: The minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy toiled in comparative obscurity, unlike the more celebrated corvettes and frigates. Author Ken Macpherson takes a comprehensive look at these tough, unheralded vessels of World War II.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Vanwell Publishing, Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780920277553ISBN:0920277551
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall Oblong. Hard Cover/Dust Jacket. Ex-library with usual adornments. Pages clean and fresh, binding tight, hinges fine. 110 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Vanwell Publishing Limited
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780920277553ISBN:0920277551
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0920277551. A crisp clean landscape format book in red cloth with silver spinal titles. Trace of shelf wear to boads and DJ. DJ protected in acid free mylar. read more
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Landscape. The first book devoted entirely to the Canadian minesweeper's role during WW2-16 of which formed part of the vast minesweeping effort during and after the Normandy landing, whilst most of the remainder spent their wartime careers as local escorts in west Atlantic waters. Clean, bright hardback which appears unread. Illustrated with b.w. photographs. 110 pages including index. Next post UK dispatch. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Vanwell Pub Ltd, Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780920277553ISBN:0920277551
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed and Inscribed By Author Fine in fine dj. Clean and tight. Signed, inscribed and dated by author. Brodart cover on dj. Oversize book may require additional postage. read more
Description: Vanwell Publishing, Ontario, Canada, 1993. first Canadian edition, oblong 10 1/2 x 8 1/2, hard bound in dust jacket, FINE/FINE CONDITION, glossy page stock, 110 pages, well illustrated with B&W photos.................................. minesweepers were cast in their designed role only once during WW2 in Canadian waters, though sixteen of them formed part of the vast Allied minesweeping effort during and after the Normandy landings of 1944. Most of the 84 spent their wartime careers as local ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Vanwell Pub Ltd, Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780920277553ISBN:0920277551
Description: As New in Very Good+ jacket. Near fine oblong hard cover in vg+ to near fine dj now in mylar, Clean tight and unmarked. 110pp nf/vg+ read more
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