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Rowlands & Birchall, 1998 . Hardback Reprint of 1964 edition. Laminated illustrated cover. Slight bumping at spine ends. Clean and unmarked book. The story of the Engineer Ernest Cox who bought the entire scuttled German fleet which sank at Scapa Flow. He then salvaged 35 German warships between 1924 and 1932. Illustrated. 249 pages Wt 0.8 Kg Very Good
THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A NAVY by Bowman, Gerald - 1964: The story of the World's Greatest Salvage Avhievement at Scapa Flow
by Bowman, Gerald
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THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A NAVY: The story of the World's Greatest Salvage Avhievement at Scapa Flow
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WELL RESEARCHED ACCOUNT OF THE RAISING OF THE GERMAN FLEET SCUTTLED AT SCAPA FLOW AFTER WORLD WAR I.
Top salvage experts agreed recovering the ships was a near impossibility.
Engineer Ernest Cox, a natural born engineering genius, defied their prediction, bought the Fleet and gambled his personal fortune on the colossal salvage task using his unothodox methods.
Illustrated with some B&W photos. Frontis illus. portrait of Cox.
237 p.pages, 470g, 8 1/2" tall.
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Slight edge wear to jacket. Unclipped, original price 21/-
Top salvage experts agreed recovering the ships was a near impossibility.
Engineer Ernest Cox, a natural born engineering genius, defied their prediction, bought the Fleet and gambled his personal fortune on the colossal salvage task using his unothodox methods.
Illustrated with some B&W photos. Frontis illus. portrait of Cox.
237 p.pages, 470g, 8 1/2" tall.
No inscriptions.
Slight edge wear to jacket. Unclipped, original price 21/-
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- Format/Binding Red cloth clover with bright gilt lettering on black ground to spine
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- Edition First edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1964
- Keywords Military/Maritime History/German Fleet/Scapa Flow
- Size 8vo
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George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1964. Hardcover. Good. 1964. First Edition. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Pink cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to spine and front board. Book has forward lean.
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George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1964-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x2. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good price-clipped, Mylar protected dust jacket. Third impression stated. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
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George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1964-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. First Edition. Previous owner's name is written on endpaper. Pages lightly yellowed. Black a white photographs. Dust Jacket is rubbed, chipped, price clipped and taped along spine and flap edges. In protective acid-free archival quality acetate cover.
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