Britannia Has Wings! | The Fleet (Royal Navy) in Action - On, Over, and Under the Sea [Signed]
Hurd, Sir Archibald (Archibald Spicer Hurd 1869-1959). General Sir John Winthrop Hackett, GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (5 November 1910 - 9 September 1997) was an Australian-born British soldier, painter, university administrator, author and in later life, a commentator.
(Book #ID 95555)
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 17-21 Conway Street, London Possibly First Edition 1942. Not Dated. circa 1942.
Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine, Hutchinson to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 112 printed pages of text with 41 monochrome photographs throughout. Damp stain to the front board, not affecting the contents. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the corners and spine ends, not price clipped, 3/6. SIGNED dedication by General Sir John Winthrop Hackett inside the front cover 'To Barbara James, From Commander Hackett, With many thanks for all the little kindnesses rendered, 22nd November 1943'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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