Running the Gauntlet: How Three Great Liners Carried a Million Men to War, 1942-1945 by Satchell, Alister - 2001

Duckworth, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Chatham Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 1861761643 . (w/dj)A clean tightly bound hardcover copy. Unmarked, gently read, showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine and edges of the dust jacket and lightly bumped corners. A really nice copy overall. Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own.... they buy honest booksellers' books, upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners! ; 9.50 X 6.85 X 0.84 inches; 256 pages .

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Chatham, 2001. 256 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. "The use of the great Cunard liners 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Queen Mary' and 'Aquitania' as fast transatlantic troop transports was one of the great high-risk operations of the Second World War, yet it was vital to the build-up of U.S. troops in the British Isles in preparation for D-Day. Sailing unescorted, and carrying up to 15,000 men at a time, a single torpedo from a U-boat could have resulted in one of the greatest military disasters in history. This book, written by the former cipher officer of the 'Aquitania', gives a unique insight into this unprecedented wartime 'shuttle service', with graphic accounts of the dangers faced not only from U-boats and enemy aircraft but also from the elements, as the liners crossed the stormy North Atlantic overloaded to an extent never anticipated by their designers. Most importantly, the author… Read More

Chatham Publishing, 2003-07-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.1983 in x 23.5821 in x 17.1869 in. No markings. Unclipped dust jacket.

Chatham Publishing, 2003-07-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.1983 in x 23.5821 in x 17.1869 in.

Chatham Publishing, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. hardback, octavo, a well preserved and tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a very good pictorial dust jacket which is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve. Illustrated throughout, 256pp.

London: Chatham Publishing, 2001. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. . Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¾” (1 kg); 256pp; Index; Bibliography; Contains: Black & white photographs; Facsimiles; Maps; Frontispiece; ISBN: 1-861-76164-3 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully 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 my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #184453|| Condition:

London: Chatham Publishing, 2000. Book. Near MINT. Hardcover. 1st U.K. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages, 740g. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The story of the use of the 3 great Cunard liners Queen Elizabeth, Quessn Mary & Aquitania as fast transatlantic troop transports..

Chatham Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. Hardback; very good in faded and creased dustjacket. ; First published privately in Australia by the author in 1998 as 'The Great Gamble'. The author served as cipher officer of the Aquitania; account based on his wartime diaries. Illustrated. ; 256 pages .