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MILLINGTON-DRAKE, E., (ed.). The Drama of Graf Spee and the Battle of the Plate. Lond., P. Davies, (1964). xxvi, 510 pp. W. front.-portr. & sev. ills. Sm-4°. Bound in or. full red cf. w. gilt dec. and lettering, a.e.g. In custom made red cloth box.
Copy numbered "2", of a special edition of fifty-five copies bound by hand by The St. Giles Bindery, Edinburgh. Copy with several handwritten signatures, including those of the captains of the British cruisers HMS Achilles, HMS Ajax, HMS Exeter, that of the Lieutenant Commander of the Admiral Graf Spee, Friedrich Wilhelm Rasenack, and that of Sir Eugen Millington Drake, among other crew members and figures linked to the historical event.€ 400
result € 600
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