Blockade Busters by Barker, Ralph - 1977

New York, W.W. Norton, 1977, hardcover, 224 pp, First U.S. Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, touch of foxing to text block edges. Dustjacket price-clipped, light edge nicks, short closed tear to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The unlikely but true story of George Binney who, with his makeshift crew and fleet of stranded Norwegian ships, ran vital cargoes of war materials through the German blockade in the Skagerrak from 1940 to 1944. Illustrated with 12 pages of black-&-white photographs, a few tables and a map. Appended: Sources, Index. ISBN 9780393056099

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1977. HC. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0393056090 "Declassified and told at last--one of the great clandestine aventures of World War II." 224pp.

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1976. Dust jacket has a small (7mm) closed tear on bottom front edge.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (slightly faded)/DJ Very Good (price clipped). Octavo.

Norton, 1977 224 p with 8 B&W plates and one map. Text is clean, tight and unmarked.. Previous owner's name sticker on first free page. DJ is bright and undamaged... First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: W. W. Norton. Hardcover. 1976. 1st Edition. 8vo 224pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations DJ price clipped One of the great sea stories of World War II. It is the tale of George Binney, a 39-year-old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun in 1940, who ran vital cargoes of Swedish war material to Britain through the German blockade in the Skagerrak, where the Luftwaffe was in complete control of the air and the Royal Navy dared not attempt to provide protection .

N.Y., Norton, 1977. Hard Cover. 224 p. 12 pages of plates, map, 21.5 cm. On the dangerous business of running war materials from Sweden to Britain during WWII. Stock #28,624. Vg/ dj vg.

N.Y.: Norton. very nice copy; getting Swedish steel to Britain during WWII . Near Fine. Hardcover. First. 1977.

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated. Dust jacket is covered with mylar jacket protector. Foxing to pages and page edges . Good + . Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1977.