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The Steel Albatross - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Carpenter, Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671673130
- ISBN 13
- 9780671673130
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo And Singapore: Pocket Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0671673130 . A Near Fine first printing of the first edition with some light soil marks to the boards and a cocked spine in a Fine dust-jacket, signed and inscribed by author Scott Carpenter on the half-title page; In a last ditch effort to save his naval career Rick Tallman, a hotshot fighter pilot, accepts a position as the commander of the unproven and untested Steel Albatross, a new stealthy underwater submarine. It soon becomes a deadly game when he is tasked with stopping the Soviets from activating an underwater weapon that could render all US computers useless ; 8vo; [viii], 371, [5] pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53262
- Title
- The Steel Albatross - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Carpenter, Scott
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671673130
- ISBN 13
- 9780671673130
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo And Singapore
- Date Published
- 1991
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Fine
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