Barnett, A. Doak.MareMagnum
BARTLETT, ed. NormanMareMagnum
With the Australians in Korea. Edited for the Board of Management of the Australian War Memorial by Norman Bartlett. 'BRACES' BRACEGIRDLE'S COPY
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, plates and maps, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF COMMANDER WARWICK 'BRACES' BRACEGIRDLE AND CARRIES HIS HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE AND ADDRESS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. 'Braces' Bracegirdle (1911-1993) led a distinguished career in the RAN. During WWII he served in HMAS PERTH in the Mediterranean (first DSC) and then in HMAS SYDNEY at Leyte Gulf (second DSC). During the Korean War he commanded HMAS BATAAN (third DSC). A NOTABLE KOREAN WAR ASSOCIATION COPY WITH SIGNIFICANT NAVAL PROVENANCE.
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