Sport Diving : The British Sub-Aqua Club Diving Manual.

London England: Stanley Paul. Trade Paperback. Slight foxing to edge. Shelf wear to edges of cover. In this invaluable book the distinguished contributors, each of whom backs theoretical knowledge with practical expertise, combine to provide all the essential information for the would-be sport diver. Every aspect of the sport is explained in straightforward language and illustrated with specially commissioned line drawings and photographs in colour and black and white. A comprehensive guide to the required equipment, with full explanations of its use and maintenance, lead in to chapters on training, dive planning, seamanship, diving techniques, safety precautions and procedures and first aid. Finally there are notes on diving schools, special interests such as underwater photography, and British and world diving locations. The British Sub-Aqua Club is diving's governing body in the UK and this manual, which is used by their members in more than twenty-seven countries throughout the world, is the most authoritative work on the sport. Illustrated. 256 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . Very Good. Soft cover. Revised. 1988.