ISBN: 9780049421721 - the keyes papers: 1939-1945 (3) (11 résultats)

hardcover. Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1981 printing Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xiv,398pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, blue cloth gilt, spine faded; otherwise Very Good / no dustwrapper. ISBN: 0049421727.

(Subject: Navy Records Society) Selections from the Private and Official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge The Navy Records Society was established in 1893 for the purpose of printing unpublished manuscripts and rare works of naval interest. This volume is edited by Paul G. Halpern, Ph.D. (Published: 1981) (Publisher: Allen & Unwin) (ISBN: 0049421727) (Pagination: 398pp) (Condition: Slight shelfwear on blue boards ow very good+) UL-XXXXXX.…

Etat : Good. Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0049421727. …

Hard Cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. xiv, 398pp. Frontis. 1st edition 1981. Gilt titles to spine. Spine a little sunned and marked. A decent copy. (bs6).

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Provenance: bookplate of Robin Brodhurst. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Publications of the Navy Records Society ; vol. 122. Physical description; xiv, 398 pages : map ; 24 cm. Subjects; Keyes, Roger Keyes, Baron. 1872-1945. Correspondence. Admirals. Great Britain. Correspondence. Great Britain. Royal Navy. History. 20th century. Sources. World War, 1914-1918. Naval operations, British. Sources. World War, 1939-1945. Naval operations, British. Sources. Great Britain. History, Naval. 20th century. Sources. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Provenance: bookplate of Robin Brodhurst. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Publications of the Navy Records Society ; vol. 122. Physical description; xiv, 398 pages : map ; 24 cm. Subjects; Keyes, Roger Keyes, Baron. 1872-1945. Correspondence. Admirals. Great Britain. Correspondence. Great Britain. Royal Navy. History. 20th century. Sources. World War, 1914-1918. Naval operations, British. Sources. World War, 1939-1945. Naval operations, British. Sources. Great Britain. History, Naval. 20th century. Sources. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Jacket has moderate general wear and a 5mm tear to head of spine. Light wear to cloth. Internally very clean. Binding tight. 398pp Size: 150mm x 230mm. Book.

Hardback. Etat : Mint. First Edition. This copy is in mint, unmarked condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and a gilt colophon of the Navy Records Society to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. A dustwrapper is not present. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. The start of Volume III, 1939-1945, finds Keyes in a frustrating position. Too young for fleet command in the First World War, he was now too old for command in the Second World War. Keyes s temperament did not allow him to suffer in silence. His criticisms of the Naval Staff, and implicitly of the government reached another climax with his celebrated speech in the debate in the House of Commons in May 1940, which helped to bring down the Chamberlain government. On 17 July 1940 Keyes was appointed Director of Combined Operations, and he set to work to build up an organization. Immediately this organization was at odds with both the Royal Navy and the Army, as they were competing for the same supplies, equipment and manpower. He was treated with considerable suspicion, personally, by the 3 Chiefs of Staff, who knew all to well his close connection to Churchill, and most of his proposals were ruled out by various planning committees. In March 1941 the Commandos carried out a raid on the Lofoten Islands, and for much of the summer Keyes was involved in planning a raid on the Grand Canary Island or the Azores (Operation Pilgrim). This culminated in August in Exercise Leapfrog, designed as the dress rehearsal for the operation. The mistakes committed during this exercise led directly to Keyes dismissal as DCO and was eventually relived of his post by Churchill. For the second time in the war Keyes was out of a job, when he thought he ought to have been running the war. He continued to write to all his naval friends and spoke out against the conduct of the war in Parliament. Despite his criticisms of the direction of the war Churchill offered Keyes a peerage, which he accepted. He died on 26th December 1945. This copy is from the library of Admiral Sir Brian Thomas Brown KCB CBE (born 31 August 1934) is a senior Royal Navy officer from 1852 to 1991 who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel. This is just one of a large number of volumes from the Navy Records Society that I am selling on this site. Ref III3. …

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. The Keyes Papers, Vol. III: 1939-1945. Published by George Allen & Unwin for the Navy Records Society 1981, Vol.122. viii- xiv, 398pp, hardcover, dark blue boards with title in gilt to faded spine. Gilt motif to front. B/w illustrated frontispiece. B/w maps. Some marks to boards. Boards faded to spine. Slight creasing to top of spine. Tanned pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…