About this title: Originally published in 1942 and "reisued as a commemorative edition to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of its publisher, (this is) not only fascinating but most informative and whilst a number of things have changed, one thing that hasn't changed -- and never will -- is the sea itself....What gives credibility to the book is that one of the joint authors ... was an officer on the Robin Moor, the first American vessel sunk by a Nazi torpedo .... Lessons could certainly be learned from this experience and many of those lessons are still valid today". -- Safety at Sea
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press
Date Published: 1942
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Hardcover; 152 pages; Printed Text VG; no DJ (as issued? ); some shelfwear; 152 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. (shelf bb 11); "This book teaches you how to survive cold, heat, storms, thirst, starvation in an open boat. It teaches you how to swim in an oil slick, cook fish without fire and much more"; read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press
Date Published: 1942
Description: Very Good. Very minor shelf wear to cover, pages clean with no markings, highlighting or underlining. Owner's name on flypage. Flypage and inside front cover lightly yellowed. read more
Edition: Possible
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press, New York
Date Published: 1942
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket; Store price tag on inside back cover. DJ has edgewear with chipping. First edition NAP per McBride. 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 152 pages. read more
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