C E T Warren James Benson (147 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library with usual markings (date due slip, stickers, stamps, etc.). Light edge wear to covers. Binding is secure. No spine creases. Pages in good readable condition. Our feedback says it all! Feel confident when you order from Hilltop Book Shop.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Photo Section (illustrator). ----------paperback. Cover creases, edgewear, small waterstain to back cover (pages not affected), wear to spine extremities, corner chip, pen price on front cover, former owner stamp inside, a good copy.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Thus. Foreword by Admiral Sir George Creasey. Authoritative account of the Royal Navy's development and operation of the Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes in Norway, the Mediterranean and the Far East during World War II. Owner's name on front end papers.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: G-VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Cover Creases. 1st Thus. Foreword by Admiral Sir George Creasey. Authoritative account of the Royal Navy's development and operation of the Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes in Norway, the Mediterranean and the Far East during World War II.

Condition: Good. 1964. No edition remarks. 220 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1969. Reprinted. 220 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. DJ has some light fading, yellowing, and wear around edges. Pages are beginning to crack.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B/W Photos (illustrator). 1st. dj w/lite wear, unclipped price, in mylar; blue & green c w/gilt & black titles; lite discolorations at top edge; 219 clean, unmarked pages/index.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Panther Edition. G, Edgewear, tears, creases, ink price, spine lean, foxing, browning. "The ordeal of H. M. Submarine Seal". Panther PB1645. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First American Edition. 219 pages. Moderate wear to the covers, pages yellowed; a good sound binding; no jacket. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Inventory No: 191134.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Reprint. spine faded and faded areas on covers including stain from liquid ring. foreword by Admiral Sir George Creasy. 23 plates in half tone and maps and diagrams. 256 pages; 6 x 8 1/2 ".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 318pp. Blue cloth, light blue stamp. Light wear, no writing in text. Dust jacket has wrinkles and tears. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall T7.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Tatty DJ with some edge wear, tears, areas of loss and soiling marks.

Paperback. Condition: Good- Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with a spine roll and a few thin creases on the front cover. "The wartime story of human torpedoes and midget submarines.".

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Thus. Foreword by Admiral Sir George Creasey. Authoritative account of the Royal Navy's development and operation of the Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes in Norway, the Mediterranean and the Far East during World War II.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 318 pages, with b&w photographs. Dust jacket edge wear, rubbing and clipped flaps. Otherwise, clean and tight copy. Record # 852996.

Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Good. Boards have a pictorial picture of a submarine on it. Price clipped DJ on front flap. DJ has some rubbing and slight edge wear. Inside pages are bright, clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is tanned. DJ with some edge wear, tears and toning. Tape repairs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Flat and clean with a tight binding. Sharp corners and spines. Owners name stamp front fly, no other markings. Dj has a lot of wear with taped repairs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd printing. Cocked with the front board over the fore-edge. Has a good binding, no marks or notations. 318 pages.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First US printing. The "hour-by-hour account of the bravery, bungling, helplessness and heroism of men trapped by the sea." On June 1, 1939, the Submarine Thetis sailed out of Liverpool Bay with 103 men on board for diving trials, but on the very first dive it failed to surface - the escape hatch jammed, and help was too slow in coming. Originally published in England under the title "The Admiralty Regrets." Illustrated with photographs, and maps and diagrams. Index. x, 219 pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some toning to the pages and the dj).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st American edition. First edition, second printing. Original British title: "Above Us the Waves". book has bumped corners, wear to spine, panels and edges and fraying along bottom edge. DJ is price-clipped, has a 7 inch(!) closed tear starting on inner front panel and continuing down front gutter to lower edge, 2 inch closed tear near lower front fold down to lower edge, chipping to upper spine and corners and other general edge wear. Illustrated with b & w photos, drawings, four textual maps and end-paper maps. Includes historical background, in memoriam, glossary index.318 Text covers both the European-North African and far Eastern theaters of WWII.

Condition: Fair. 1956. Reprinted. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Prize plate stuck to half-title page. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains readable. Pencil inscription and four-leaf clover taped to half-title page. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 7th impression, wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped, and worn, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, covers and spine patchy and faded and a little bowed, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First printing. Book is nearly as new in purple cloth boards with black spine. Price-clipped dust jacket has a few small chips and short closed tears but looks nearly like new. Jacket art by Ruth Ray. Map endpapers. 318 pp. In protective Mylar.

Condition: Good. 1953. Reprint. 256 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1953. Reprinted. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.