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Jacket flap blurb
John Hamilton is acknowledged as one of the world's leading painters of the Second World War at sea. His paintings of the war in the Pacific are on exhibition in Washington DC while a permanent site for them is being established. The series portraying the conflict in the Atlantic and European waters forms an essential part of the Imperial War Museum's collection on board HMS Belfast in the Pool of London.
WAR at SEA includes 176 of his superb paintings. Careful research and the assistance of a worldwide panel of advisers have
ensured great accuracy both in the events depicted and in the equipment, vessels and aircraft involved.
Above all, the paintings give a clear and dramatic impression of war at sea. They are a tribute to the courage and endurance of the sailors and marines, soldiers and airmen of all nationalities,
whether on the convoys to
Russia, supporting the D-Day landings or launching an assault on the Pacific islands. They do not glorify war but are dedicated to the belief that to understand it is to understand also how urgent is the need to keep the peace.
The paintings are supported by a lively text with 43 maps.
Together, they make WAR at SEA a unique contribution to the
literature of the Second World War.
Condition
Book is 265 mm. x 355 mm. x 27 mm. 272 pages. Weight unwrapped 2.2 kilo. Estimated weight wrapped 2.7 kilo.
Book bound in navy cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and the front board. NEAR FINE, if not fine, condition.
Dust Wrapper is unclipped with a little edge wear to top and bottom of spine area and the top corner of the back board area has a 1cm. blind tear. VERY GOOD PLUS condition.
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