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The Man who bought a Navy. The Story of the World's Greatest Salvage Achievement at Scapa Flow. [Third Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
de BOWMAN Gerald
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Harrap,, [1965]. 8vo., Third Impression, with portrait frontispiece and plates; red tweed cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the first edition. The story of engineer Ernest Cox, who set about salvaging the remnants of the German High Seas Fleet from the bottom at Scapa Flow. Astonishingly, he raised six vessels, including the HINDENBURG, in just fourteen days. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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- Island Books
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- 45898
- Título
- The Man who bought a Navy. The Story of the World's Greatest Salvage Achievement at Scapa Flow. [Third Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Autor
- BOWMAN Gerald
- Estado del libro
- Usado
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- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Harrap,
- Fecha de publicación
- [1965]
- Palabras clave
- naval, ww1, wwi, great war, scapa flow, salvage, ernest cox, gerald bowman
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