captain john m waters (8 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Edge wear ot jacket.

Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 264 pps.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., NJ. A study of the winter of 1942 to 1943, the height of the Battle of the Atlantic. The German U-Boats sunk 85 Allied ships in the first three weeks of March 1943. Waters attempts to highlight the experiences of both Allied and sailors and German U-Boat crews. Written by a veteran of the battle. Very good copy of the first edition in a good dust jacket. The dust jacket has shelf wear, particularly on the back cover, and a lightly sun faded spine. 279 pages.

D. Van Nostrand (Princeton) 1967, no edit stated, 279 pp, photos, Battle of the Atlantic winter/spring 1942â"43, good, DJ, (rubbing, folds, closed tears, missing small pieces from upper extremities),

A Hardbound Book. Condición: Fine. First Edition. DJ has minor rubbing and chipping to exposed edges and corners with a small crease on bottom front.

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good octavo 279pp., b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index, The U-Boat War in the Atlantic, written by a USCG captain which deals primarily with the US Navy role in protecting the Convoys. Foreword by Otto Kretschmer.

revised edition dust jacket As New octavo xiv + 285pp., b/w plates, bibliog., index, The U-Boat War in the Atlantic, written by a USCG captain which deals primarily with the US Navy role in protecting the Convoys. Foreword by Otto Kretschmer.

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Webb, Arch.; Reynolds, Warwick; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Soper, Geo.; Elcock, H.K.; Waters, D.B.; Woodville, R. Caton; Robinson, T.H.; Lloyd, S. Ilustrador. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.