U-Boat Devilry Charles Bateman 1918 1st Ed WWI Submarine Survivor Accounts
$250.00
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World War I naval and submarine-warfare history featuring authentic accounts of merchant seamen attacked by German U-boats. Published in 1918 while the war was still underway, the author states that most of these narratives had not previously appeared in print and were collected directly from survivors.
Contents include torpedo attacks, shipwrecks, escapes, survival in open boats, combat at sea, the psychology of torpedoed crews, the loss of the Persia, and the experiences of Allied and neutral merchant sailors.
First edition published by Hodder & Stoughton in London, New York, and Toronto in 1918. Original blue cloth hardcover with black lettering. Complete with xvi preliminary pages and 176 text pages; the final page is unnumbered, making 175 the last printed page number.
Condition is good for age. Cloth shows rubbing, marks, bumped corners, and fraying with small areas of loss at the spine ends. Pages exhibit age toning and occasional spotting. Maritime bookplate on the front pastedown and former-owner signature on the introduction page. No dust jacket. Binding remains intact. Please examine all photographs for exact condition.
SKU V/3
U-Boat Devilry Charles Bateman 1918 1st Ed WWI Submarine Survivor Accounts
$250.00
Contents include torpedo attacks, shipwrecks, escapes, survival in open boats, combat at sea, the psychology of torpedoed crews, the loss of the Persia, and the experiences of Allied and neutral merchant sailors.
First edition published by Hodder & Stoughton in London, New York, and Toronto in 1918. Original blue cloth hardcover with black lettering. Complete with xvi preliminary pages and 176 text pages; the final page is unnumbered, making 175 the last printed page number.
Condition is good for age. Cloth shows rubbing, marks, bumped corners, and fraying with small areas of loss at the spine ends. Pages exhibit age toning and occasional spotting. Maritime bookplate on the front pastedown and former-owner signature on the introduction page. No dust jacket. Binding remains intact. Please examine all photographs for exact condition.
SKU V/3