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WHITE, DAVID FAIRBANK: : BITTER OCEAN: THE DRAMATIC STORY OF THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945

LONDON.HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING,2006.

ISBN 0755310888.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip.Bright,crisp, clean b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Bright, clean,publisher's original plain pale grey paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-350pp [paginated] includes prologue,Pts 1-3, appendices(3),16pp assorted b/w contemporary photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp86/7 and pp262/3, 2 b/w chart/maps (of Merchant ships sunk by U-Boats in the North Atlantic,1940/1 and 1942/3),notes,bibliography,acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/ table,and double-page b/w map (Overview of Convoy Routes in the North Atlantic during WWII),and 8pp blanks to rear. From 1939 to 1945 the Battle of the Atlantic,World War Two's most decisive battle raged across the treacherous wastes of the Atlantic Ocean.'BITTER OCEAN' is the story of how countless Allied navy sailors and merchant seamen perished at the hands of deadly German U-Boats as they fought to keep vital supplies flowing during the war.But,ultimately,the Germans could not defeat the might of the British Navy and the phenomenon of U.S. shipbuilding and technology. Using first-hand testimony from seamen and submariners,David Fairbank White examines this crucial conflict from all viewpoints: Germany,the USSR,the USA, Canada and,above all,the UK.He tells of the terrors faced by men forced to abandon their burning ships and those facing horrific deaths as their torpedoed submarines sank,as well as introducing many charismatic characters including Kapitanleutenant Otto Kretschmer,the topscoring U-boat ace,and the British captain who captured him,Donald Macintyre. In 'BITTER OCEAN' the author has created an authoritative, beautifully written and very human account of a monumental battle that changed the course of history. Please contact seller for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

WHITE, DAVID FAIRBANK: : BITTER OCEAN: The Dramatic Story of the Battle of the Atlantic,1939-1945

LONDON.HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING,2006.

ISBN 0755310888.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but a Britannia Royal Naval College presentation bookplate pasted to front free endpaper (ffe).[Book with the College bookplate,presented to a (named) female Sub-Lieutenant and dated 18th October,2006.],and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,contemporsary b/w wartime photographs,blue+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj and the majority of any of the creasing is on the rear panel's top edge.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound, virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, grey paper-covered bds with bright,crisp, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps (endpapers) with aforementioned pasted in presentation bookplate.Both front+rear bds upper+lower edges have barely perceptible sunning(?)/fading to same - otherwise bds unaffected.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-350pp [paginated] includes prologue,Pts 1-3 comprising 19 chapters,appendices(3),16pp of b/w contemporary photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp86/7 and pp262/3 respectively,notes,a biblio, acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,double-page b/w map (North Atlantic convoy routes,WW2) and 8pp blanks at rear. If the Allies hadn't won the Battle of the Atlantic they would not have won the Second World War. From 1939 to 1945 the Battle of the Atlantic,World War Two's most decisive battle,raged across the treacherous wastes of the Atlantic Ocean.'Bitter Ocean' is the story of how countless Allied navy sailors and merchant seamen perished at the hands of deadly German U-boats as they fought to keep vital supplies flowing during the war.But,ultimately,the Germans could not defeat the might of the British Navy and the phenomenon of U.S. shipbuilding and technology. Using first-hand testimony from seamen and submariners,David Fairbank White examines this crucial conflict from all viewpoints: Germany,the USSR,the USA, Canada and,above all,the UK.He tells of the terrors faced by men forced to abandon their burning ships and of those facing horrific deaths as their torpedoed submarines sank,as well as introducing many charismatic characters including Kapitanlieutenant Otto Ktretschmer,the topscoring U-boat ace,and the British captin who captured him,Donald Macintyre. In 'BITTER OCEAN' David Fairbank White has created an authoritative,beautifully written and very human account of a monumental battle that changed the course of history. Please contact seller for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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