Author: Masters, David, Title: UP PERISCOPE.
Description: Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1942 1st edn., 176pp, half tone photo frontis, 14pp half tone photo ills., very dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, gilding a little dull, some of the early exploits of British submarines and submariners in WW2 including the return of the 'Spearfish', torpedoing the 'Karlsruhe', escape of the 'Triumph', the patrol of 'Salmon' and the attack on the 'Leipzig', accounts of patrols by 'Snapper', 'Sturgeon', 'Ursula', the mine-laying submarine 'Cachalot', exploits of 'Tigris' and the winning of the first submariners VC of the war by Lt. Cdr. Wanklyn of 'HMS Upholder', photos include crews of 'Utmost', 'Tigris' and 'Ursula', a little bumped at extrems., edges tanned and foxed, light foxing to prelims. and final pages, no dustwrapper, good,
Keywords: war ww2 navy submarines
Price: GBP 8.00 = appr. US$ 11.42 Seller: A Book for all Reasons
- Book number: 44196
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