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STALIN'S SILVER.**

STALIN'S SILVER.**

STALIN'S SILVER.**
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STALIN'S SILVER.**

by BEASANT**, JOHN:

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ISBN 10
0747523444
ISBN 13
9780747523444
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped to dw/dj.Colour photographic dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear, and negligible creasing to edges; no nicks or tears and light bumping with reciprocal light creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore- edges clean,contents pristine.Black paper-covered,unblemished bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate, clean plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viipp+1-216pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list,a preface,11 chapters,appendices (2), b/w map frntis,b/w diagrams,24pp photographs - most in colour and an index. On the night of 28 August 1944, three torpedoes from the German submarine U-859 sank the American merchant ship USS John Barry in the Arabian Sea off the eastern seaboard of Oman.The holds of the John Barry contained 3 million silver Saudi riyals worth 80 million dollars (US) and over 300 million dollars (US) in silver bullion.The 7,200-ton ship broke into two pieces and sank to a depth of 8,500 feet, more than one and a half miles.For forty-five years the great depth of the wreck ruled out any thoughts of salvage.However,in 1989 salvage rights were acquired by Sheikh Ahmed Farid al Aulaqi who engaged the French International Maritime Institute and Jean Roux,leader of the team which recovered artefacts from the Titanic.Roux and his team have developed technology which has resulted in an operation of deep-sea recovery never before possible. In 'Stalin's Silver' the story of the USS John Barry is recreated with the help of living survivors, including one of the German U-boat officers, and the mystery of the intended destination of 300 million dollars in silver is resolved.Stalin's Silver is as much a sensational story of politics and intrigue between governments during WW2 as it is the story of the salvage of the world's most valuable and mysterious sunken treasure. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
STALIN'S SILVER.**
Author
BEASANT**, JOHN:
Illustrator
illus with b/w+colour photographs,b/w maps,diagrams.
Format/Binding
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
FINE.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0747523444
ISBN 13
9780747523444
Publisher
LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,1995.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1995
Keywords
q52.NAUTICAL.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0747523444SUNKEN TREASURE+SALVAGE.USS JOHN BARRY+BULLION.WW2+GERMAN U-BOATS+MERCHANT SHIPPING.UNDERWATER SALVAGE.SAUDI RIYALS.FRENCH INTERNATIONAL MARITIME INSTITUTE+JEAN ROUX.U-859.YEMEN.OMAN.Books new,used,signe
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