U-Boat Stories. Narratives of German U-Boat Sailors. Edited by Karl Neureuther and Claus Bergen. Translated by Eric Sutton. [First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
by NEUREUTHER Karl
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Constable,, 1931. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured plates and 34 monochrome illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Collects twenty-five eye-witness narratives; a classic of submarine warfare in the Great War. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.353.
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- Title
- U-Boat Stories. Narratives of German U-Boat Sailors. Edited by Karl Neureuther and Claus Bergen. Translated by Eric Sutton. [First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
- Author
- NEUREUTHER Karl
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable,
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- naval, ww1, wwi, great war, u-boats, submarines, claus bergen, karl neureuther
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- First Edition
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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