Penguin Books Ltd, 1954, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, First
Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 12mo. 311 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. Moderately foxed throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges foxed and browned. "In the very highest rank of books about the last war. Submarines are thrilling beasts, and Edward Young tells of four year's adventures in them in a good stout book with excitement on every page. He writes beautifully, economically and with humour, and in the actions he commands he manages to put the reader at the voice-pipe and the periscope so that sometimes the tension is so great that one has to put the book down." Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Naval; 1940s; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3063.
Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 12mo. 311 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. Moderately foxed throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges foxed and browned. "In the very highest rank of books about the last war. Submarines are thrilling beasts, and Edward Young tells of four year's adventures in them in a good stout book with excitement on every page. He writes beautifully, economically and with humour, and in the actions he commands he manages to put the reader at the voice-pipe and the periscope so that sometimes the tension is so great that one has to put the book down." Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Naval; 1940s; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3063.