Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 1954. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 12mo. 311 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. Moderately foxed throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges foxed and browned. "In the very highest rank of books about the last war. Submarines are thrilling beasts, and Edward Young tells of four year's adventures in them in a good stout book with excitement on every page. He writes beautifully, economically and with humour, and in the actions he commands he manages to put the reader at the voice-pipe and the periscope so that sometimes the tension is so great that one has to put the book down." Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Naval; 1940s; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3063. .

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3063
Title: One of Our Submarines
Author: Young, Edward
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: BZDB137 second world war, world war two, wwII, submarines, edward young, Military & Warfare; Naval; 1940s; Biography & Autobiography. Young, Edward One of Our Submarines

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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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