The Sea Hunters 2

James Cahill Publishing, 2002. Limited/Lettered First. Cloth. Fine/Fine Slipcase. A handsome and scarce Limited Lettered Edition signed by the author on the limitation page and lettered "NN." Nonfiction. Bestselling novelist Cussler and Dirgo are both members of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, a group financed principally by the income from Cussler's books and dedicated to finding famous marine wrecks. Here they chronicle searches for such ships as the Lexington, lost in Long Island Sound in 1840; the Zavala, a ship of the Republic of Texas Navy that ran aground in the Galveston Ship Channel in 1842 and is now under a parking lot; several vessels from the Civil War era, including the Hunley, the first submarine to sink a warship, and her victim, the Housatonic; and the Leopoldville, a troop transport torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1944 with the loss of 800 GIs, a disaster the U.S., Britain and Belgium all tried to cover up. The book includes maps and black & white photographs. In fine dark red material (leather, not determined), with marbled boards, the book is in fine unread condition. Housed in a matching dark red slipcase that is also in fine condition. A lovely set.