The Wolf How One German Raider Terrorised Australia and the Southern Oceans in the First World War by Guilliatt Richard and Hohnen Peter - 2009

William Heinemann, North Sydney, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. (11), XII-XIII, (5), 2-366, (2) pages, preface by authors, four appendices, acknowledgements, references, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photography between paid 176 and 177. Colour photographic cover with black and ochre coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. previous owner's details at the top of the 1st page. No other damage to describe. The story of one of the most extraordinary wartime sagas of the 20th century, let alone the First World War. " Sent by Germany on a suicide mission to the far side of the world, the Wolf was a formidable and ingenious commerce-Raider. Their task was to inflict maximum destruction on Allied shipping using all the latest technology of warfare -- torpedoes, minds, cannons, smokescreens, wireless receivers even a seaplane. It was an assignment so secret that she… Read More

William Heinemann, North Sydney, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. preface by authors, four appendices, acknowledgements, references, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photography between paid 176 and 177. Colour photographic cover with black and ochre coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The story of one of the most extraordinary wartime sagas of the 20th century, let alone the First World War. " Sent by Germany on a suicide mission to the far side of the world, the Wolf was a formidable and ingenious commerce-Raider. Their task was to inflict maximum destruction on Allied shipping using all the latest technology of warfare -- torpedoes, minds, cannons, smokescreens, wireless receivers even a seaplane. It was an assignment so secret that she could never pull into a port or transmit any radio signal. In one continual 64,000-mile voyage lasting 15 months, the ship caused havoc… Read More

Heinemann, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 416 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; History. ISBN: 1741666244. ISBN/EAN: 9781741666243. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB14591. . 9781741666243

Heinemann Australia, 2009. Softcover. Near Fine. AUSTRALIAN MILITARYJuly 1917: the First World War is about to enter its fourth horrendous year and ships are mysteriously disappearing off Australia and New Zealand as a young Australian woman named Mary Cameron sails with her husband and daughter across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney. Less than a thousand miles from Sydney, a black-hulled freighter appears out of the vast blue emptiness, and Mary and her daughter rush to the deck to greet her. Suddenly, two hinged iron sections of the freighter's bulwarks drop down to reveal she is bristling with guns. She is in fact the German warship the Wolf, and the Cameron family are about to find themselves captive on one of the century's most extraordinary wartime sea voyages.Sent by Germany on a suicide mission to the far side of the world, the Wolf was a formidable and ingenious commerce-raider. Her task was to inflict maximum destruction on Allied shipping using all the latest technology of… Read More

Australia: William Heinemann. Fine. 2009. First Edition. Paperback. 1741666244 . With 16 pages of black/white photos, a fine copy. ; 230 x 150mm; xv, 366 pages .

Guilliatt, R. and P. Hohnen: 2009 Australia, softcover 366 pages, with photos ISBN 9781741666243 In very good condition How one german raider terrorised Australia and the southern oceans in the First World War