bison press 1982 (3 results)

ISBN 0-8032-8117-X. Trade Paperback. Reprint edition. Very Good Condition. Tight sound copy with dust soiling to top edge, minor rubs to edges and corners of covers. Original price has been neatly blacked out,

large blue hardbound folio ~ 2º. very large ("coffee table" size book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. tiny ding in bottom edge of front cover. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first american edition (FPu in the USA) first printing (nap). full color photo illustrated ½ title, frontis. & title pg. 192p. glossy pages throughout. every page illustrated. several full page & some double page plates. over 200 vintage b&w and color illustrations & diagrams. index. history. nautical history. maritime history. history of technology. military history. world war i. world war ii. cold war. nuclear technology. ~ On a September night in 1776, Ezra Lee pedalled underwater in the Turtle, the first practical war~time submarine, to attack a British warship. The tide was stronger than he expected and he had to work furiously to avoid being swept past his target. More than two hundred years later, the first Trident submarine, nearly four stories high and carrying nuclear warheads aimed a world away, was launched in New London. It had no trouble with the tides. Concluding with the plans for the mighty Trident, Antony Preston's fascinating narrative begins long before the Turtle when the idea for a submersible boat was only the fantasy of Renaissance dreamers. Submarines is a carefully researched and entertainingly written account of the role of this remarkable craft in military and scientific history. As in the history of flying, there were hundreds of experiments: laughable failures, near~misses and awkward successes in the development of submarines. Only after the invention of the torpedo and the achievement of diesel~electric propulsion did they become lethal weapons. Antony Preston describes how German U~boats terrorized the Atlantic in both World Wars and how the US destroyed Japanese shipping in the Pacific in World War II ~ the most devastating and prolonged naval campaign in history. When the war ended, the submarine took on a dramatic role in US national defense through the nuclear program, culminating in the historic cruises of the nuclear submarines beneath the North Pole. Lavishly illustrated with over 200 photographs and technical drawings in black and white as well as color, Submarines is an invaluable addition to the library of every naval enthusiast.

SC. Condition: very good, fon. 319 Reprint edition of the scarce Black Hills book.