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15 Classic Underwater Diving Books

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WWII Morse Diving Equipment Underwater Electric Light: Classic piece of underwater diving equipment! This is a WWII era Morse Diving Equipment electric lamp or light. These impressive lamps would produce an impressive for the time amount of light underwat

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Underwater Work & Exploring The Deep 2 Book Lot: Lot of 2 vintage diving related books. First is Underwater Work: A Manual of Scuba Commercial, Salvage and Construction Operations by John Cayford, 258 pages, 1966, 2nd Edition. Original dust jacket p

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Torrance Parker Twice Signed 20,000 Jobs Under the Sea: Hardcover 1997. First edition, signed twice. A history of diving and underwater engineering. This large book is full of amazing photos and details - really fantastic! The first divers, bios, evolution

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20,000 Jobs Under the Sea: Torrance Parker 1st Edition: Hardcover 1997. First edition. A history of diving and underwater engineering. This large book is full of amazing photos and details - really fantastic! The first divers, bios, evolution of diving equ

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Frogman Spy, Underwater Warriors, Hidden Depths Books: Exciting lot of vintage military diving related books. Collection consists of Frogman Spy by J. Bernard Hutton, 1960, 1st printing, 180 pages, dust jacket original, former library copy with stamps ins

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Vintage Dive Manual, Catalog, Book & Photo Grouping: This is a grouping of assorted diving publications and photos. The lot includes 2 vintage black and white photos, a reprint of the classic 1859 Diving With & Without Armor, an original Commercial Divi

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Book Lot #1 Underwater Exploration & History Of Diving: Book lot #1 of books related to underwater exploration and diving. Lot consists of a photocopy of Deep Diving and Submarine Operations from Siebe Gorman 1981, Exploring The Lusitania by Robert Ballard

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20000 Jobs Under The Sea A History of Diving by Parker: Like new copy of the incredible book by Torrance R. Parker titled 20,000 Jobs Under the Sea; A History of Diving and Underwater Engineering. This is from the 2nd Printing in June 1998. 354 pages, orig

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1972 Russian 12 Bolt Diving Helmet With Underwater Light: A fantastic example of a classic Soviet diving helmet in seldom encountered 12 bolt 3 light pattern! This helmet was made at Factory 21 in 1972, as indicated by the brass ID plate. Loosely translated,

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Skin Diving, Lady With A Spear, Undersea Adventure: Grouping of 3 vintage 1950s era books related to skindiving. Collection consists of Skin Diving and Exploring Underwater by John Sweeney, writing on inside, price clipped, original dust jacket, 1955,

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2 Diving Books & 20000 Leagues Movie Lobby Card: Lot consisting of two books and a 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea movie lobby card. The books are; Stars Beneath The Sea, The Pioneers of Diving by Trevor Norton, 1st Carroll & Graf Edition 2000, 282 pag

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3 Vintage Diving Books, Blue Continent + More: Collection of 3 vintage skindiving and scuba diving books. The Island of the Fisherwoman by Fosco Maraini 1962, 1st American Edition with original dust jacket, 95 pages with both color and black & whi

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2 Medical Deep Diving Books & Hell On Ice by Ellsberg: Collection of 3 vintage diving related books. First book is titled A Bibliographical Sourcebook of Compresed Air, Diving and Submarine Medicine Volume III from the Office of Naval Research, 1966, 306

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1914 Antiquarian Siebe Gorman Diving Book: Submarine Engineering of To-Day. A Popular account of the Methods by which Sunken Ships are Raised, Docks Built, Rocks Blasted Away, Tunnels Excavated, and many other Feats of Engineering beneath the

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A Pictorial History of Diving Book: Like new copy of a wonderful book titled A Pictorial History of Diving from 1998. 149 pages in full color of amazing historical equipment. Dust jacket protector reflecting light in photos. Dust jacket

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A Pictorial History of Diving Book Hardcover 1988: A fantastic study of diving history and equipment from ancient breath-hold diving to modern deep-sea diving. The sharp color photos are complement by the detailed text and additional information on ea

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Lot of 15 assorted books focusing on scuba diving. The titles included are: The National Association for Cave Diving Safe Cave Diving by Tom Mount, Skin Diverâ€™s Guide to Hawaii by Gordon Freund, Handbook for Skin Divers by George Bronson-Howard, Skin and Scuba Diving by Albert A. Tillman, Underwater Work by John Cayford, Dive by Rick and Barbara Carrier, Diverâ€™s Navigation Manual by Jack Glatt, The complete manual of Free Diving by Putnam, Basic Scuba by Van Nostrand, Treasure Hunters by Fawcett Book 506, Underwater The SKINDIVERâ€™s Manual by Bill Barada, Aspects of Cold Water and Ice Diving by Jim Darby, Invitation to Skin and Scuba diving by John Craig and Morgan Degn, Webfooted Warriors The Story of a â€œFrogman” in the Navy by Edward Higgins, Skin Diver Handbook by Lil Borgesn and Jack Speirs. All books are in used condition.

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