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Sidwick & Jackson, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1957. First Edition. 268 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Tape marks to endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Tape to spine and inside front panel. Wear marks overall.

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1957. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Sidgwick & Jackson,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 9 plates on 8 and full-page map in the text, some very light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; library cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in the US in the previous year with the title 'Twenty Million Tons under the Sea'. The author was head of the US task force that captured U-505 off the coast of Africa, the only U-boat to be boarded and captured at sea. U-505 is now housed at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The UK edition is elusive in anything like this condition. Enser, p. 429; Law 1602

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1957. 1st edition. Nice Copy. 8vo.. dust jacket 268pp., b/w plates, maps, Capture of U 505 by the US Navy. Signs of use o/w a nice copy in a very good dust jacket