Barrows Nat (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 298 pages. Former owner's name at top edge of front free endpaper. Binding soiled. Backstrip faded. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Blue-green boards with black print on the spine. Binding is firm but the boards are sun bleached and a little soiled. The previous owner glued four original photos of the salvage process taken from the Piscataqua river on to the books pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Eighth printing. No DJ. Grey cloth cover has a 1" tear on spine, bumped corners worn edges, minor stains. Bookplate on endpaper. Pages are bright and unmarked, clean photo plates, good binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover, no jacket, in Good condition, previous owners name inside, there are no other marks or writing, includes eight pages of glossy photos, Special Printing April 1941,

Hardback. Condition: Collectible: Very Good. 1st Edition (Dodd, Mead - 1940) VERY GOOD in poor mylar protected dust jacket. DJ is missing front flap and has numerous chips and creases and staining, but is in protective mylar. Binding is tight and square. No marks in text. Frontispiece of Navy salvage diver is full dress ready to descend to Squalus on diving stage. 298 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits 21 cm. . . . . . . . .TABLE OF THE CONTENTS: Foreword by Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole -- 1.) Mobilization for Rescue -- 2.) Stand by to Dive! -- 3.) On the Bottom -- 4.) . Beyond the Call of Duty -- 5.) Hello, Wilkie . Hello, Oliver -- 6.) Race against Time -- 7.) Hammer Taps in the Dark -- 8.) The Sound of a Diver's Feet -- 9.) Hello, Fellows, Here We Are! -- 10.) The Fourth Trip -- 11.) Badders [ William Badders ] and Mihalowski [ John Mihalowski ] -- 12.) Men in Helium Hats -- 13.) Blow and Tow! -- 14.) Well Done -- APPENDICES: A.) The Report of Admiral Cole -- B.) Commendations and Recommendations -- C.) Findings of the Court of Inquiry.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dodd, Mead & Co. New York. 1940. 298 pages. First edition, third printing. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Vintage bookplate adhered to front pastedown underneath the front flap. Previous owner's name neatly written in the gutter of rear endpaper and along the top of title page. Green cloth shows minor light soiling. The super-rare DJ is present; married to this copy from a stated sixth printing. Loosely laid-in is a most uncommon, unique FDC stamped and dated from the day the Squalus was launched out of Portsmouth. $2.75 price intact on flap. DJ shows heavy rubbing along edges with tape reinforcement. Shallow chipping along edges. Her keel was laid on October 18, 1937. She was the only ship of the United States Navy named for a type of shark. She was launched on September 14, 1938 out of Portsmouth. Just Months later on May 23, 1939 the USS Squalus went down off the Isles of Shoals. Failure of the main induction valve caused the flooding of the aft torpedo room, both engine rooms, and the crew's quarters, drowning 26 men. Quick action by the crew prevented the other compartments from flooding; paving the way for 33 survivors to be rescued from the ocean floor some 40+ fathoms down. This is the incredible story of the USS Squalus submarine.