U-boat stories: narratives of German U-boat sailors. . . illustrations in colour. . . by Claus Bergen. Translated by Eric Sutton.
by [WORLD WAR I -- U-BOATS]. NEUREUTHER, Karl & BERGEN, Claus (Eds.)
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About This Item
New York: Richard R. Smith, Inc., [1931]. 8vo. ix, [1], 207, [1] pp. Colour frontisp., 7 colour plates, 34 black & white illustrations. Dark maroon-coloured publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. cover art by Bergen (slight dustsoiling, very minor shelfwear), still NF/NF copy, w/ German traveler’s advisory mounted on ffep. First American edition, stated, of this important work on World War I German U-boat warfare, drawn from accounts by U-Boat commanders, their logs, German naval diaries, survivors accounts, and more. Bergen (1885-1964) was a noted German maritime painter and illustrator, who in June-July, 1917 joined the crew of the submarine U-53 under Kapitanleutnant Hans Rose in the North Atlantic, and executed a number of paintings found within this work. Scarce in original jacket.
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- Title
- U-boat stories: narratives of German U-boat sailors. . . illustrations in colour. . . by Claus Bergen. Translated by Eric Sutton.
- Author
- [WORLD WAR I -- U-BOATS]. NEUREUTHER, Karl & BERGEN, Claus (Eds.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard R. Smith, Inc.,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1931].
- Keywords
- World War I, Military History, Naval History, United States Navy, British Navy, German Navy, Nautical, Maritime, Submarines, Submarine Warfare, U-boats, Illustrated Books, Claus Bergen, Paintings, Painter, Marine Paintings, Seascapes, Illustrated Books, C
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