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The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
by Maas, Peter
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£6.47
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This is the amazing story of the sinking of the Squalus and the efforts made by Charles "Swede" Momsen to rescue the crew. Item Price
£6.47
The Maiden Voyage - Leatherbound Easton Press Edition
by Marcus, Geoffrey
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Bound in dark brown leather with gold lettering and decor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£20.21
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This is one of the most comprehensive narrative's written of the Titanic's maiden voyage. It is bound in dark brown leather with gold lettering and decor, has gilded page edges, and is illustrated. There is a former owner's bookplate inside. Item Price
£20.21
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
by Hill, J.R.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£8.08
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This is a comprehensive and well illustrated history of Great Britain's Royal Navy. Item Price
£8.08
Tin Cans & Greyhounds: The Destroyers That Won Two World Wars
by Johnson, Clint
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 2019
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£8.08
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This is the story of destroyer-class ships and the men whoserved on them. There is a former owner's name inside. Item Price
£8.08
Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain
by Taylor, Stephen
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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£8.08
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This is the story of Edward Pellow, Captain of the Indefatigable. There is a former owner's name inside. Item Price
£8.08
Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander
by Cordingly, David
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£8.08
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This is the story of one of the most successful naval heroes of all time. There is a former owner's name inside. Item Price
£8.08
They Sailed Into Oblivion
by Hoehling, A.A.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback With Pictorial Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£4.04
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"Compelling Stories of Disasters at Sea". Item Price
£4.04
Submarines at War
by Hoyt, Edwin P.
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback With Pictorial Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£4.04
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This book chronicles the adventures of the "silent service". Item Price
£4.04
In Pursuit of the Awa Maru
by Innis, W. Joe and Bunton, Bill
- Condition
- Used - Good condition with slight cover wear
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback With Pictorial Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£8.08
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This is the story of the search for the Awa Maru and its reputed treasure worth billions of dollars. Item Price
£8.08
The Battle of the Torpedo Boats
by Cooper, Bryan
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback With Pictorial Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£4.04
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This is the story of those little boats which were so deadly in coastal waters. Item Price
£4.04
Invisible Residents
by Sanderson, Ivan T.
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback With Pictorial Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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£4.04
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"A disquisition upon certain matters mariime, and the possibility of intelligent life under the waters of the Earth." Item Price
£4.04
Nautilus 90 North
by Anderson, Commander William R.
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback With Pictorial Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£4.04
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There is a former owner's stamp inside. Item Price
£4.04
The Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales
by Bullen, Frank T.
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Published
- 1899
- Binding
- Bound in pictorial hardcover cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£10.10
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There is a former owner's gift inscription inside. Item Price
£10.10
American Boy Sea Stories
by Ellis, Griffith Ogden - introduction
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair Dustjacket
- Published
- 1927
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£12.13
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A collection of 19 exciting tales of the sea! There is a former owner's gift inscription inside. Item Price
£12.13
Swiftsure - autographed by Humphrey Golby
by Golby, Humphrey and Hewett, Shirley
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good dustjacket
- Published
- 187==980
- Binding
- Large format hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£12.13
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This book is inscribed and autographed by one of the authors, Humphrey Golby. Item Price
£12.13
A Picture History of U.S. Transportation On Rails, Roads and Rivers
by Craib, Roderick
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good dustjacket with slight edge wear
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Large format hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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£12.13
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This is a fascinating pictorial history of transportation in the United States. Item Price
£12.13
Steamships and Motorships of the West Coast
by enson, Richard M.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Large format hardcover with dustjacket
- ISBN
- 9780517216354
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£6.06
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This is a fascinating return to early shipping along the West Coast of North America. Item Price
£6.06
Sea Fights and Shipwrecks
by Baldwin, Hanson W.
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition with slight wear
- Jacket Condition
- Good Dustjacket
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Bound in grey cloth hardcover with dustjacke
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£6.06
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A fascinating collection of adventurous and frightening sea tales. Item Price
£6.06
Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
by Kurzman, Dan
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Bound in black hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£6.06
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This is the story of the torpedoing of the USS Indianapolis and of the horrors the cre underwent in the struggle to survive. Item Price
£6.06
The Fate of the Maine
by weems, John Edward
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Bound in green cloth hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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£8.08
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This is the story of the U.S.S. Maine, from the laying of her keel inn 1888 to her destruction. Item Price
£8.08