Commander James Calvert (20 results)
Published by NY: McGraw Hill Book Co, 1960, 1960
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by NY: McGraw Hill Book Co, 1960, 1960
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by McGraw Hill, New York, 1960
- Hardcover
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, san diego, CA, U.S.A.Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 7.74
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair D.J. Third Printing. Clean copy in very good condition with a fair dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by NY: McGraw Hill Book Co, 1960, 1960
- Hardcover
Seller: Pepper's Old Books, Hanson, KY, U.S.A.Pepper's Old Books
Contact seller1-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 3rd Printing. Ex-Library. The Extraordinary Voyages of USS Skate & Has DJ & Illustrated.
- Hardcover
Seller: Next Page Bookstore, LLC, Decatur, IN, U.S.A.Next Page Bookstore, LLC
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. hardcover used. Surface At The Pole by Commander James Calvert, U.S.N., The Devil's Advocate by Morris L. West, Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington, Hook by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Mistress Of Mellyn by Victoria Holt, The Days Were Too Short by Marcel Pagnol.
Language: English
Published by The Adventurers Club, 1963
- Hardcover
Seller: ivanpavlovitch, East Hoathly, United Kingdomivanpavlovitch
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. The Adventurers Club 1963, book fair maroon boards gilt lettering to spine, dustjacket poor, but largely intact with internal repairs.
Published by Scholastic Book Services
- Softcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Scholastic Book Services
- Softcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by hc1st, 1961
- First Edition
Seller: forest primeval, cherry tree, PA, U.S.A.forest primeval
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Published by The Adventurers Club, 1963
- Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
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Condition: Good. 1963. No edition remarks. 211 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. M…ild tanning to spine and board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Mild warping to front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Moderate water staining to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.
Published by Hutchinson, 1961
- Hardcover
Seller: LOTSABOOKS, HAMILTON, New ZealandLOTSABOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. No Dust Jacket. First Published. No writing or tears. Illustrated (illustrator).
Published by Hutchinson, 1961., 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United KingdomHay Cinema Bookshop Limited
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1st edition. 8vo. viii + [221pp.] B/w. frontispiece and illustrations, e.p. maps. Some occasional slight foxing, ownership inscription to verso of front f.e.p. Slightly rubbed original black boards with spine lettered in white and pale blue. Ex-libris Ann Savours Shirley, with her signature. US$6.
Published by Hutchinson & Co Ltd, London, 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United KingdomThe Print Room
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping, closed tears and loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, front flap largely separated and held to gether with old tape and new film wrapper, corners rubbed with small loss, some overall tim…e staining, some spotting to page fore edges. Not price clipped (16s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 221pp, illustrated, illustrated endpapers. James Francis Calvert (1920-2009), served in the United States Navy where he commanded USS Skate, the third nuclear submarine commissioned and the second submarine to reach the North Pole, which became the first to surface at the pole. 'Skate' surfaced at the North Pole on 17th March 1959 to commit the ashes of the famed explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins to the Arctic waste. Calvert later served as the 46th superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. Jacket by Abner Graboff (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1960
- Hardcover
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.Chamblin Bookmine
Contact seller5-star seller8vo Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition, 3rd Printing. 220p. Contents are unmarked with a slight patina. Navy blue boards have gilt lettering on spine with minor rubbing along the edges. Jacket is clipped with some chips and tears along the extremities; original price of $4.95 remains. Binding is… tight with hinges fully attached.
Published by Adventurers Club 1963, 1963
- Hardcover
Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, AustraliaDial-A-Book
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Condition: Very Good. 8vo hardcover 211pp, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Published by Adventurers Club London 1963, 1963
- First Edition
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
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1st ed. thus dust jacket Very Good octavo viii + 211pp., frontis., b/w pls., plan, The USS Skate under the Ice at the North Pole.
- Hardcover
Seller: Antiquariat Der Papiersammler, Wetter, GermanyAntiquariat Der Papiersammler
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Gerhard Stalling, ., 1961, , 232, Hardcover (gebunden), 8°, ., Einband leicht leseschief, Einband: leicht bestoßen, etwas gebräunt, Vorsatzblaetter: leicht gebräunt, Titelblatt: gebräunt, Seiten: gebräunt, Buchrücken: leicht fleckig, etwas bestoßen.
Language: German
Published by Oldenburg : Stalling, 1961
Seller: Norbert Kretschmann, Bad Aibling, GermanyNorbert Kretschmann
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
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Condition: Sehr gut. 232 S. Ohne SU. Blauer Leinenbuchdeckel leicht berieben/bestossen. Innenteil tadellos - u n g e l e s e n - keine Risse, Knicke, Anmerkungen. ! Altersbedingt leicht nachgedunkelt! Im Vorsatz oben Namenstempel! Versand aus München F07830 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 430.
More imagesPublished by Hutchinson & Co.,, London, 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, United KingdomPolar Books
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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st UK Edition; x, 220pages, (1), illustrated end papers, 1 diagram, 12 pages of b/w photographs. End papers show route of the USS Skate and its internal compartments viewed from the starboard side. Original covers in unclipped dust jac…ket. Previous owners neat inscription on verso end paper otherwise contents clean. Shelf wear, dust jacket has small repaired splits and the odd piece missing, some minor spotting to page edges, overall a nice copy. The story of the USS Skate, the atomic submarine sent north to answer the question of whether a submarine could safely operate in the Arctic Ocean, written by her commander, James Calvert, who directed both history-making voyages in 1958 and 1959 which proved that a submarine could safely navigate under the shifting ice pack and then surface through the frozen polar ice cap. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3835.
Published by McGraw-Hill, 1960
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: TotalitarianMedia, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.TotalitarianMedia
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. Surface at the Pole: The Voyages of the USS Skate, Calvert, Commander James, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1960, 220p, hc w/ dj, dj bumped/scuffed/ tears/tape repairs/price clipped, boards bumped/scuffed, CLEAN text, solid binding--SIGNED/INSCRIBED IN MYSTIC BY THE AUTHOR TO FELLOW SUBMARINER… AND EX-FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA MAYOR BUCK CATLIN, WHO SUNK FIVE JAPANESE SUBMARINES AS COMMANDER OF SEVERAL SUBS. HE WAS ALSO A track and field coach. He helped coach four-time Olympian Martha Watson, decathlon gold medalist Rafer Johnson, bronze medalist John Rambo, and former NFL players such as Gene Washington and Dee Andrews--125.00. Signed by Author(s).
