Hitlers U Boat War by Clay Blair (166 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. P/B 809 pages condition is very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is the definitive account of the German submarine war against the allies - the Battle of the Atlantic - an epic sea story and the most arduous and prolonged navel battle in all history .This volume covers the period of the Atlantic when the German U-Boats were in the ascendant.This book does have some creasing to the corner of the cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. With dust jacket Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in black cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 909pp. B/w photographs. Not library copy, no inscriptions, light mark to bottom page block. (62/4).

Original Black Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1999. xxxi, 909pp including index. B&W illustrations and maps. "In unprecedented detail and drawing on sources never used before, Clay Blair continues the dramatic and authorative story of the failures and fortunes of the German U-boat campaign agaisnt the United States and Great Britian." Unclipped dust jacket has slight creasing to top of spine. The book is in excellent condition with slight soiling to the bottom edge. PLEASE NOTEHeavy book so extra postage may be necessary for non-UK customers.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 2000. A well-presented copy, clean and unmarked throughout, seemingly barely read with page edges crisp, no notable signs of wear beyond some very mild bumps at the corners from normal handling and shelving. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 160 x 235 mm. 910. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; Britain/UK; Modern; ISBN: 0304352616. ISBN/EAN: 9780304352616. Inventory No: 41560.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing. An unread book. DJ shows slight use, is complete.

Condition: Gut. First Edition. XVIII, 809 Seiten / p. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar / a good and clean copy - CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- LIST OF MAPS -- LIST OF PLATES -- PROLOGUE -- BACKGROUND FOR WAR -- Early Developments -- U-boats in World War I -- Treaties, Disarmament, and Submarines -- The Rebirth of the German Navy -- A Dramatic Reconversion -- To the Eve of War -- BOOK ONE -- THE U-BOAT WAR AGAINST THE BRITISH EMPIRE -- September 1939-DECEMBER 1941 -- ONE -- "To Die Gallantly" -- The Boat -- Complicated Rules -- "Winston Is Back" -- Hits and Misses -- Encounters with Ark Royal -- "A Wonderful Success" -- North Sea Patrols -- Poised for a Naval Race -- TWO -- Plans and Problems -- Prien in Scapa Flow -- The First Wolf Pack -- Atlantic U-boat Operations: October-December 1939 -- Minelaying -- U-boat Countermeasures -- Atlantic Operations: January and February 1940 -- The U-boat Failure in Norway -- Return to the North Atlantic -- Great Britain at Risk -- "Happy Time": The June Slaughter -- First Patrols from Lorient -- The August Slaughter -- Strategies, Secrets, and Deals -- More Happy Times -- The October Slaughter -- Serious British Lapses -- FOUR -- A Brutal Winter -- Knitting Anglo-American Relations -- Unhappy Times -- Attacking Naval Enigma -- "The Battle of the Atlantic" -- The Loss of Prien -- The Loss of Schepke and Kretschmer -- More Bad News -- Declining Prospects -- A Slight British Lead -- FIVE -- Flower Petals of Rare Beauty -- "Sink the Bismarck" -- Rich Trophies in West African Waters -- June Patrols to the North Atlantic -- A Revealing Convoy Battle -- Coastal Command -- Indigo -- Barbarossa: The Baltic and the Arctic -- July Patrols to the North Atlantic -- The Atlantic Charter -- August Patrols to the North Atlantic -- The Capture of U-570 -- SIX -- Allied Naval Operations -- German Naval Operations -- The North Atlantic Run -- Another Fierce Convoy Battle 367 "We Are at War" 373 Patrols to West Africa 381 In Support of Rommel 388 ¦ The Crisis in the Mediterranean 395 The Loss of Kota Pinang, Atlantis, and Python 404 An Epic Convoy Battle 408 ¦ Assessments 418 -- BOOK TWO -- THE U-BOAT WAR AGAINST THE AMERICAS -- December 1941-AuGUST 1942 -- SEVEN -- Japan Strikes 431 A New War 436 ¦ The "Norway Paranoia" 442 "All We Need Is Ships" 444 A New Convoy Plan 452 Beats on the Drum 460 First -- Antisubmarine Technology 475 ¦ German Diversions and Delays 482 More -- Failures in Gibraltar-Azores Waters 488 -- EIGHT -- The Loss of Naval Enigma 493 First Type VII Patrols to the United States 497 First Forays to the West Indies and Caribbean 503 Unforeseen and Unplanned -- Convoy Attacks 509 Another Heavy Blow 513 ¦ Heated Exchanges 521 Global Naval Challenges 527 Hardegen's Second Patrol 533 A Spectacular Foray 538 Patrols to Other Waters 548 Sharing Deep Secrets 556 -- NINE -- The British Raid on St. Nazaire -- Hitler's Doubts and Promises 561 Strategic Victories at Coral Sea and Midway 564 Penetrating Gulfs 567 Difficult Hunting on the East Coast 573 Slaughter in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea 578 Allied Oil Problems Mount 588 The Argonaut Conference 592 Group Hecht 598 Mines, Agents, and Mishaps 602 More Record Patrols by the Type IXs 610 -- TEN -- The Shifting Character of the U-boat War 617 ¦ June Patrols to the Americas -- Sharply Diminishing Returns from the Type The Arctic: Convoy PQ 17 638 The Mediterranean: Supporting Rommel 645 Return to the North Atlantic Run 654 Return to the Middle and South Atlantic 668 Further Patrols to the Americas 674 More Poor Returns from the Type IXs 681 Withdrawal from the Caribbean 685 ¦ Assessments 691 -- APPENDICES -- L Oceangoing U-boats Assigned to Combat: The First Three Years: August 1939-August 1942 701 -- 2- U-boat Patrols to the North Atlantic: August 1939-August 1942 -- 3- U-boat Patrols to the South Atlantic: October 1940-August 1942 -- 4 U-boat Patrols to the Americas: December 1941-August 1942 -- U-boats Assigned to the Arctic Area: July 1941-August 1942 -- U-boats Transferred to the Mediterranean Sea: September 1941-August 1942 -- 7. Sinkings by Type 11 U-boats ( Uucks ) : -- 8. Italian Submarines Based in the Atlantic 739 -- 9. The British Destroyer Situation 1939-1941 74i -- 10. The Canadian Destroyer Situation 1939-1945 746 -- 11. Exchange of Ocean-Escort Vessels Other Than Destroyers Between the -- Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy 1942-1944 747 -- 12. The American Destroyer Situation: January 1942-September 1942 -- 13. American Destroyer Escort and Frigate Building Programs -- 14. American Patrol Craft-Building Program in World War II: -- January 1, 1942-July 1, 1942 -- 15. Ocean-Escort Vessels Lent by the Royal Navy to the -- U.S. Navy 1942-1943 -- 16. Employment of Atlantic Fleet Destroyers as Escorts for Troopship and -- Special-Cargo Convoys and for Other Tasks: November 1941-September 1942 -- 17. Allied Tanker Losses to Axis Submarines in the Atlantic Ocean Area: September 1939-December 1942 -- 18. Allied and Neutral Ships and Tonnage Sunk by German and Italian Submarines in World War II: September 3, 1939-August 31,1942 -- LIST OF MAPS -- The British Isles and Northern Germany -- North Atlantic Convoy Routes -- The Arctic -- Bay of Biscay -- The Mediterranean -- Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean xxviii- -- United States East Coast -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND SOURCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Ships -- U-boats -- General. ISBN 9780394588391 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1350 Originalpappband mit Originalumschlag / Originalhardcover with dust jacket.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: A hint of edgewear to the dust wrapper with a slight nick to the head of the spine, a decent copy otherwise.; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.5kg. overseas shipping will be with ParcelForce, additional postage will be requested. ### First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (2.5 kg); pp (xxviii) 909; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps; Tables; Cutaways; Appendices (20); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #190690 ||.

Paper Back. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper which is protected in a clear removable sleeve. Pp.xxx,809. 7 maps. 14 plates. This is the first of two volumes which are probably the definitive account of Germany's submarine war against the allies, known as the Battle of the Atlantic.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover in jacket. First edition. Black and white photographs throughout. Light bumping to spine. Some sunning to jacket with moderate bumping to base of spine. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Random House, (1998). 'The hunted 1942-1945'. 1st edition. ' The first volume of Clay Blair's magesterial, highly praised narrative history of the German submarine war. in World War 2.' V G in dj. 23.5 cm. XXXI pp. 909 pp. b/w photographic plates, maps and cutaway plans. 'The hunted 1942-1945'. 1st edition. ' The first volume of Clay Blair's magesterial, highly praised narrative history of the G.

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Large, heavy book, no DJ, 809 pages. (Book Club--unstated) Very Fine.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti, segni d'uso Condizioni dell'interno: Discrete con Difetti, bruniture macchie.

Random House, New York 1996. Publishers quarter cloth with dustjacket. 809 pages. Illustrated. Nice copy in fine condition.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Nice Copy octavo xxx + 809pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., index, Includes huge appendix of statistical information on U-Boat kills, losses, individual records & biogs.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dj (slight shelf wear to top dj spine). First Edition, First Printing. Book Club Edition. Illustrated with maps and b/w photographs. 809pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dj (small 1/4" taped tear to top dj spine). First Edition, First Printing. Book Club Edition. Illustrated with maps and plates. 809pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dj (slight creasing to mid-spine; prior owner's blind name stamp to front free endpaper). Dj covered in protective mylar. Clean text, tight binding. First Edition, First Printing. Book Club Edition. Illustrated with 14 plates and 7 maps. Foreword, bibliography, index, 809p.

reprint stiff wrappers Nice Copy 8vo. xxxi + 909pp., maps, appends., index, Includes huge appendix of statistical information on U-Boat kills, losses, top 20 U-boats, top 20 skippers. Light wear to wrappers o/w a nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 volumes thick 8vo, dated 1997 and 1999, small bit of foxing to top of both text blocks, both vg tight volumes in vg dustwrappers ( vol 1 has been price clipped on inner flap) heavy 2 volumes postage for 3.6 kilos will be requested.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Fine octavo xxx + 809pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., index, Includes huge appendix of statistical information on U-Boat kills, losses, individual records & biogs.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 2 volumes - complete set. Near Fine hardcovers in Near Fine price-clipped djs (name, place and three numbers are written in pen to upper front free endpaper of volume 1). Each volume is a First Edition, First Printing ("First Edition" stated to copyright page and # line beginning with 2 per Random House's designation of first printings). Illustrated with maps and plates. 809pp., 909pp. Volume 1: The Hunters, 1939-1942. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942-1945. Please note that the actual shipping rate will apply for these 2 volumes.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1998. A Near Fine copy. 8vo., 909 pp., bound in publishers black & grey paper with photo illustrated white dust jacket, $45.00. Minor signs of shelf wear, text is clean & unmarked, binding is solid. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 volume set. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. V. 1. The hunters, 1939-1942. v. 2. The hunted, 1942-1945.