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Wemyss Commander D.E.G.

Walker's Groups in the Western Approaches. Illustrated with many official Photographs. With a Foreword by Admiral Sir Max Horton. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Liverpool Daily Post & Echo, Liverpool, 1948

73.60 €

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(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1948
Author
Wemyss Commander D.E.G.
Publishers
Liverpool Daily Post & Echo, Liverpool
Keyword
naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, walker, frederick walker, wemyss, starling, wild goose, sloops, corvettes, frigates, escorts, atlantic, convoys, u-boats, liverpool, western approaches
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, 36 plates on 24 and endpaper maps, neat signature on half-title; original blue cloth, upper board blocked in in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Bright, crisp copy of the first and by far the scarcest of all the contemporary accounts of Walker's exploits (his groups sank 23 U-boats in total). Well illustrated with photographs (some less usual). Wemyss commanded WILD GOOSE; this account forms the basis of his later 'Relentless Pursuit' (1955). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.384; Law, 0222.