THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A NAVY : The Story of the World's Greates Salvage Achievement at Scapa Flow
by Bowman, Gerald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Toronto, Wellington, Sydney: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Well researched account of the raising of the German Fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow after World War I. Top salvage experts agreed recovering the ships was a near impossibilty. Engineer Ernest Cox, a natural born Engineering Genius, defied their prediction, bought the Fleet and gambled his personal fortune on the colossal salvage task using his unorthodox methods. Illustrated with some B&W photos. Frontis Illus. is a photo portrait of Cox. Red cloth cover with bright Gilt lettering on Black ground to spine. 237 p.pages, 470g, 8 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Slight edge wear to jacket. Unclipped, original price 21/-.
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019216
- Title
- THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A NAVY : The Story of the World's Greates Salvage Achievement at Scapa Flow
- Author
- Bowman, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, Toronto, Wellington, Sydney
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- MILITARY & WAR/MARITIME/TRANSPORTATION/SHIPS SHIPBUILDING/
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