H.M.S. Thule Intercepts by Alastair Mars - 1958

London, Elek Books, n.d. (c. 1956).. 8vo; pp. (viii), 242; b/w illustrations, appendices; original cloth, chipped dustjacket, spine bumped, flecking to page edges, free endpapers browned, a good copy.

London: Elek Books, 1956 A very good copy with seaman library markings. Intact dust jacket with a touch of rust, in a clear protecitve cover.

London: Elek Books, 1956. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. 4 maps. A fascinating first-hand look at the adventures of submarine warfare and the crew's everyday life. "An Amazing Record of the Grim Undersea War Against the Japanese in World War II." Sequel to Unbroken. Continuation of Lieutenant Commander Mars' autobiography. After leaving the submarine Unbroken, Mars was given command of the newly built Thule and sent to join the Eastern Fleet in Ceylon. This is an account of his command of Thule and that submarine's operational history from launching at Barrow to the end of the war in the Far East. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/VG DJ (price clipped). 8vo. (x), 241pp + 16 pages of photos.

London: Elek Books, 1956 Blue cloth titled in gilt on spine, b&w illstns. Light foxing in edges and endpapers, tidy pages. Dust jacket is fully intact, minor shelf wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Elek Books 1956. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

Pan, UK, 1958. Soft cover. Book Condition: Good. Moderate reading wear. Very clean interior..

London: Elek Books,, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. bleu cloth, gilt spine, 241 pages, 16 full page b & w illustrations, edge chips and wear to d.j. edges, d.j. is price-clipped, this is the sequel to Unbroken; The Story of a Submarine. Thule served in the East against the Japanese. Size: 8 Vo., (23 cm).

London: Elek, 1956 name in pen to fep, gift inscription in pencil, light soiling to endpapers, unclipped DW has a tea stain to front fold in flap, short splits with chipping loss to joint ends and corners, 242pp + plates, Captain of the HMS Unbroken now with the HMS Thule submarine against the Japanese in Malacca Strait in Indo-China. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Elek Books,, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. 241 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.  #0621 (No dustjacket, gift inscription on fep.) Thule (Submarine)  |  World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.  |  World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British.HMS Thule was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P325 at Devonport Dockyard, and launched on 22 October 1942. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Thule, after Thule, the mythological name for a northern island.Thule served in the Far East for much of her wartime career, where she sank thirteen junks, two lighters and five sampans with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca in a twelve-day period between 17 December 1944 to 29 December 1944. She also attacked a submarine, probably the Japanese submarine Ro-113 and believed she had sunk it, but Thule's torpedoes exploded prematurely and the submarine… Read More

Elek Books, 1956. Book. Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text. The dust jacket is complete but with old tape strengthening to the verso which is showing in places & thus good only, Illustrated, 241pp.