Seas by Guy Mannering, First Edition (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. DW front slightly bumped mostly on upper and lower horizontal edges, upper DW of spine chipped, back DW bent and slightly marked on lower left hand side (2cm mark), upper left hand side white marks , green cloth cover small chip 2mm upper left hand side, upper spine faded of cloth cover very mild, back cloth cover mildly bumped on lower right hand side , upper right hand side of back green cloth cover faded and slightly bumped, rfep small ink mark on left middle hand side. 155mm x 225mm, 208pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. THE SEAS BETWEEN. Letters from a Submariner. (Desmond Martin, Commander of H.M. Submarine Tuna.) An account of wartime service in H.M. Submarine Tuna by Desmond Martin, commemorated in the stained glass of St. Stephen's Church, Peel Forest, Canterbury. These are the letters between Lieutenant-Commander Desmond Martin DSO++ and Joanna Martin. VERY SCARCE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No signatures. Some rubbing along top of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 208 pages. Green boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 211 x 147mm. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Sub-titled "the story of a girl from Peel Forest and a submariner divided by oceans and yet united by a great love." "Desmond and Joanna were married in April 1940, Tuna launched in May. Desmond eventually became Commander of the submarine. [. . .] Tuna's first successes were in the Bay of Biscay on two days of Septemebr when two merchant vessels were sunk. By December Tuna had had her first altercation with a U-boat, which escaped by using superior speed. In July 1941 Tuna, mistaken for enemy, was bombed by the R.A.F., but did not sustain damage. Among the many patrols off the coast of Norway during 1942 Tuna once found the German cruiser Prinz Euygen but was unable to bring her torpedoes to bear on this fast 23 knot target. An unusual complement involved two officers and ten other ranks, with six canoes, numerous limpet mines and other equipment to be landed off the entrance to the Gironde, where the group would paddle upriver and attack ships lying in Bordeaux and Bassens. The exploits of the Royal Marines of this group became the storyline for Cockleshell Heroes, a wartime feature film." - from dust-jacket blurb. Military history, World War Two.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Seas Between - Letters from a Submariner. (Desmond Martin, Commander of H.M. Submarine Tuna). By Guy Mannering. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. G.M. Publications, Geraldine, 2003. First edition. Very good hardback with very good dust jacket, name to ffep, light rubbing to edges and jacket. 208 pages. An account of wartime service in H.M. Submarine Tuna by Desmond Martin, commemorated in the stained glass of St. Stephen's Church, Peel Forest, Canterbury. "the story of a girl from Peel Forest and a submariner divided by oceans and yet united by a great love." These are the letters between Lieutenant-Commander Desmond Martin DSO++ and Joanna Martin. Signed by Author(s).