The Shetland Bus

Howarth, David

Verlag: Collins / Fontana Books (1955), Edinburgh, 1955

Beschreibung

Previous owner's rubber name stamps. Spine rubbed with creasing. Some rubbing and creasing to covers. Spine reglued. ; 1955 paperback reprint of a title first published in 1951. 253, [3 (advertisements)] pages + 5 illustrations on 2 plate leaves. 3 maps within the pagination. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 180 x 116mm. Military history, World War Two. "The Story of the Special Norwegian Naval Unit based on Scotland. A story of heroism and endeavour and of adventure at sea. The heroes of the book are Norwegian sailors, fishermen and merchant seamen, who had escaped to Shetland after the invasion of Norway by Germany in 1940. Their object was to land men and cargo in Norway for the Norwegian Underground, and to rescue refugees and carry them to Britain. Some of the journeys were 2,000 miles long and lasted three weeks, and all of them were made in the depth of the sub-Arctic winter in fishing boats from fifty to seventy feet long, sailing alone between Norway and Shetland in some of the stormiest seas of the world." - from dust-jacket blurb of a different edition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 24727

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Shetland Bus

Verlag: Collins / Fontana Books (1955), Edinburgh

Erscheinungsdatum: 1955

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Good+

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued