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Rowlands & Birchall, 1998 . Hardback Reprint of 1964 edition. Laminated illustrated cover. Slight bumping at spine ends. Clean and unmarked book. The story of the Engineer Ernest Cox who bought the entire scuttled German fleet which sank at Scapa Flow. He then salvaged 35 German warships between 1924 and 1932. Illustrated. 249 pages Wt 0.8 Kg Very Good

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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/-.

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 impossibility.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 unothodox methods.Illustrated with some B&W photos. Frontis illus. portrait of Cox.237 p.pages, 470g, 8 1/2" tall.No inscriptions.Slight edge wear to jacket. Unclipped, original price 21/-

Harrap,, [1965]. 8vo., Third Impression, with portrait frontispiece and plates; red tweed cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the first edition. The story of engineer Ernest Cox, who set about salvaging the remnants of the German High Seas Fleet from the bottom at Scapa Flow. Astonishingly, he raised six vessels, including the HINDENBURG, in just fourteen days. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1964-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x2. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good price-clipped, Mylar protected dust jacket. Third impression stated. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

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George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1964-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. First Edition. Previous owner's name is written on endpaper. Pages lightly yellowed. Black a white photographs. Dust Jacket is rubbed, chipped, price clipped and taped along spine and flap edges. In protective acid-free archival quality acetate cover.