sea devils von valerio borghese (25 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1953. Reprinted. 261 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces tanned.

Zustand: Good. 1952. Reprinted. 262 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photos throughout. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. End papers are more notably foxed. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering has become dull. Book has a slight forward lean. Board corners are bumped.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+ Hardback. No Jacket. Reprinted. Translated from the Italian Decima Flottiglia Mas by James Cleugh and adapted by the Author.

Unknown Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.15.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Proof Copy. First Edition Thus. Wraps. 8vo.pp. 268. Original publisher plain paper wraps, with title label lettered Black 'from the Anchor Press Limited, Tiptree, Essex. Specimen printed copy of Sea Devils. Publisher Andrew Melrose. Date 5th August 1952.' End paper illustrations of divers. Black-and-white photographs illustrate the text. Translated from the Italian 'Decima Flottiglia Mas' James Cleugh and adapted by the author. Frontispiece photograph of HMS Valiant. Sound. Very good-minus. Covers a little worn. Slight spotting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Boards have some wear. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo in dust jacket, 272 pp., b/w photos and drawings Translated into Hebrew by Shlomo Gonen.

reprint orig. cloth Very Good octavo 263pp. frontis., b/w plates, diags., maps, plans, appendix, Story of the 'Human torpedos' of the Italian Navy. Inc. attacks on the Queen Elizabeth, Valiant & York. Uncommon.

Zustand: Good. The book is nice and 100% readable, but the book has visible wear which may include stains, scuffs, scratches, folded edges, sticker glue, torn on front page,highlighting, notes, and worn corners.

HARDBACK GREEN. Zustand: GOOD. JACKET: GOOD. General wear, frontispiece, creased DJ edges, chipped DJ edges, lightly worn DJ, foxed and agetoned rear DJ cover, lightly stained edge DATE PUBLISHED: 1954 EDITION: 262.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Book has faint wear to cover corners. Slight foxing to front cover and inside front/back covers. Faint browning to edges of page block. Otherwise, pages are clean and crisp. Binding is strong and boards are sturdy. Dust jacket has mild wear along all edges and corners, including 4.5 inch rips to edge of front/back flaps. 4 inch total rip of bottom of spine. Faint rubbing across covers. Light foxing inside jacket. Otherwise, jacket is mainly intact. No other major wear or markings. Most text and imagery bold and bright. Now in protective mylar cover. Photos upon request.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 263pp. frontis., b/w plates, diags., maps, plans, appendix, Story of the 'Human torpedos' of the Italian Navy. Inc. attacks on the Queen Elizabeth, Valiant & York. Light chipping to dust jacket with some loss at foot of spine o/w nice copy. Scarce.

reprint chipped dust jacket Near Fine octavo 263pp. frontis., b/w plates, diags., maps, plans, appendix, Story of the 'Human torpedos' of the Italian Navy. Inc. attacks on the Queen Elizabeth, Valiant & York. Neat ownership signature & small pieces chipped from dust jacket o/w VG. Scarce.

reprint chipped dust jacket Very Good octavo 263pp. frontis., b/w plates, diags., maps, plans, appendix, Story of the 'Human torpedos' of the Italian Navy. Inc. attacks on the Queen Elizabeth, Valiant & York. Minor chipping to dust jacket o/w VG copy. Scarce.

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.15.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Near Fine octavo 263pp. frontis., b/w plates, diags., maps, plans, appendix, Story of the 'Human torpedos' of the Italian Navy. Inc. attacks on the Queen Elizabeth, Valiant & York. Minor chipping to dust jacket o/w nice copy. Scarce.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, pages In Very Good minus Condition with Good Dust Jacket. Spine is dark green with white lettering. Dust jacket has shelf wear, tears along the edges and spine, and some scuffing. Boards have minor rubbing to spine. Text block has some pen and pencil writing on the first end paper. Shelved in Room G. 1372966. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Henry Regnery Company. Chicago. 1954. 261 pages. First American Edition, first printing. Shelf-rubbing along edges and at tips. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Green cloth panels are bright and clean as are the cream colored endpapers. Page edges lay tight and undisturbed without any soiling. Uncommon rare and desirable DJ with the classic frogmen illustration that resembles scifi classic Creature from the Black Lagoon. $4.50 price is clipped from flap. DJ shows rubbing along folds, chipping at corners and shallow chipping at heel and crown. Considering how scarce the American DJ is, it is collectible in just about any condition. This book chronicles the true and specific adventures of the Black Prince and his elite suicide squad of Italian Frogmen during WWII, a covert group of naval commandos and saboteurs responsible for the then mysterious sinking of 4 warships and 27 merchant ships. The highly controversial Prince Junio Valerio Borghese was imprisoned after the war only to be released and lead a failed coup to then escape to Spain and live out the remainder of his life in exile before dying under mysterious conditions in the form of a heavy dose of arsenic in his food. An incredible true life account of the Black Prince's suicide squad of human torpedoes and their exploits during WWII. VG/VG-.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Henry Regnery Company. Chicago. 1954. 261 pages. First American Edition, first printing. Book is about fine, no flaws of note other than a touch of shelf-rubbing at tips. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Green cloth panels are bright and clean as are the cream colored endpapers. Page edges lay tight and undisturbed without any soiling. Uncommon rare and desirable DJ with the classic frogmen illustration that resembles scifi classic Creature from the Black Lagoon. $4.50 price intact on flap. Unlike the book the DJ shows wear along edges with shallow chipping, 2 closed tears and minimal soiling on rear. Considering how scarce the American DJ is, it is collectible in just about any condition. This book chronicles the true and specific adventures of the Black Prince and his elite suicide squad of Italian Frogmen during WWII, a covert group of naval commandos and saboteurs responsible for the then mysterious sinking of 4 warships and 27 merchant ships. The highly controversial Prince Junio Valerio Borghese was imprisoned after the war only to be released and lead a failed coup to then escape to Spain and live out the remainder of his life in exile before dying under mysterious conditions in the form of a heavy dose of arsenic in his food. An incredible true life account of the Black Prince's suicide squad of human torpedoes and their exploits during WWII. NF/VG-.