Waters John M Captain (8 results)

A Hardbound Book. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good in Mylar Cover. First Edition. DJ has minor rubbing and chipping to exposed edges and corners with a small crease on bottom front.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edge wear ot jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., NJ. A study of the winter of 1942 to 1943, the height of the Battle of the Atlantic. The German U-Boats sunk 85 Allied ships in the first three weeks of March 1943. Waters attempts to highlight the experiences of both Allied and sailors and German U-Boat crews. Written by a veteran of the battle. Very good copy of the first edition in a good dust jacket. The dust jacket has shelf wear, particularly on the back cover, and a lightly sun faded spine. 279 pages.…

Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 264 pps.

D. Van Nostrand (Princeton) 1967, no edit stated, 279 pp, photos, Battle of the Atlantic winter/spring 1942â"43, good, DJ, (rubbing, folds, closed tears, missing small pieces from upper extremities).

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good octavo 279pp., b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index, The U-Boat War in the Atlantic, written by a USCG captain which deals primarily with the US Navy role in protecting the Convoys. Foreword by Otto Kretschmer.

revised edition dust jacket As New octavo xiv + 285pp., b/w plates, bibliog., index, The U-Boat War in the Atlantic, written by a USCG captain which deals primarily with the US Navy role in protecting the Convoys. Foreword by Otto Kretschmer.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Wood, Stanley L.; Webb, Arch.; Reynolds, Warwick; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Soper, Geo.; Elcock, H.K.; Waters, D.B.; Woodville, R. Caton; Robinson, T.H.; Lloyd, S. (illustrator).…