Battleship Royal Sovereign and her Sister Ships
SMITH, Peter C.
THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Published: Kimber, [1988]
Stock code: 44545
Price: £40.00
8vo., First Edition, with 49 plates on 16, text pages very lightly browning at edges; original grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Covers ROYAL SOVEREIGN ('Tiddly Quid'), REVENGE, RAMILLIES, RESOLUTION, and the ill-fated ROYAL OAK. Although classified by Churchill as 'coffin ships' these aged veterans of WWI fought strenuously throughout WWII; surprisingly, all but one survived. THE FIRST EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN DUSTWRAPPER.