Konig Capt Paul (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Stiff pictorial wraps. Moderate shelf/handling wear with mild binding lean, rubbed bottom corners, light soiling to text block fore-edge. xii,247 pp. Facsimile reprint of original 1916 edition. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First English Language Edition. The voyage of the merchant submarine Deutschland which was used as a blockade runner between Germany and the United States before the US entry into the war. Written by the boats' commander. Includes b/w photographs of the author as a frontispiece. 126pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Spine sunned and boards unevenly faded and spotted. All pages are toned and page edges and margins show previous bookworm damage. Upper corner of half-title page ripped off but is still held within the pages. 1.5cm closed tear to fore-edge of title page.…

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. König was a captain in the German merchant navy. In 1916 during World War I, he became a reserve Kapitänleutnant in the Imperial German Navy. Later in 1916, König became commanding officer of the merchant submarine Deutschland. He took it on two voyages to the United States for commercial purposes. This is the only authentic account of the first merchant submarine's voyage from Bremen to Baltimore and return. In remarkable condition for it's age. Dust-jacket still present has a few chips, closed tears and soiling to the back panel. First edition. 5¼" - 7¾". book.…