Shelfmark
Idd7.4.28 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Idd7.4.31 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
The drama of Graf Spee and the Battle of the Plate : a documentary anthology, 1914-1964 / compiled by Sir Eugen Millington-Drake ; foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma ; preface by Sir Philip Vian.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Peter Davies, 1964.
Physical description
xxvi, 510 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill., charts (1 fold. col.) facsims., maps, plans, ports. ; 25 - 26 cm.
Note
1965 printing.
Note
Maps on endpapers.
Note
Plate leaves paginated i-xxxviii.
Provenance
(Copy 1) Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library on front flyleaf; its stamp on front pastedown. Plain booklabel on front flyleaf: "Presented by Sir Eugen Millington-Drake, K.C.M.G.".
Binding
(Copy 1) Blue cloth with lettering stamped in silver on spine.
Binding
(Copy 2) Blue cloth with gilt title on spine and illustration of a ship on front cover.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) The maps on the endpapers are incomplete due to rebinding. Former ECL shelfmark: Ie6.4.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) Ms. signatures on title page accompanied by ship names.
Subject
Subject
River Plate, Battle of the, 1939.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Vian, Philip, 1894 - ? writer of preface.
Added entry--name
Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, 1900 - 1979 Earl author of introduction, etc.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B31985