5 Vintage Submarine Hardcover Books Grouping 20
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This is a grouping of five submarine related books. The following titles are:
1.On The Bottom. By Commander Edward Ellsberg. 1929. 324 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket has paper loss and tears. Original owner stamp and old pricing on inside cover. Rest of book is in fine condition.
2.Above Us The Waves: The Story of Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes. By C.E.T. Warren and James Benson.January 1954. 256 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket has tears and paper loss on edges. Foxing to edges.
3.They Fought Under The Sea: Fleet Admiral Nimitz Memorial Edition. By The Editors, Navy Times. July 1966 2nd Memorial Edition. 178 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket has small tears and wear on edges. Inside page inscribed to Admiral Crawford from the editor of the Navy Times on May 2nd, 1968. Foxing on edges of paper.
4.Submarine Diary: The Silent Stalking of Japan. By Rear Admiral Corwin Mendenhall USN. 1991. 290 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Inside flyleaf signed by Corwin Mendenhall on July 27, 1991. Book is in fine used condition.
5.Surface At The Pole: The Extraordinary Voyages Of The USS Skate. By Commander James Calvert USN. 1960. 220 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket has edge wear and minor paper loss. Signed by James Calvert on flyleaf.
All the books in the grouping are in used condition or otherwise noted and may have an old book or mothball smell from long term storage.
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