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New York, W.W. Norton, 1977, hardcover, 224 pp, First U.S. Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, touch of foxing to text block edges. Dustjacket price-clipped, light edge nicks, short closed tear to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The unlikely but true story of George Binney who, with his makeshift crew and fleet of stranded Norwegian ships, ran vital cargoes of war materials through the German blockade in the Skagerrak from 1940 to 1944. Illustrated with 12 pages of black-&-white photographs, a few tables and a map. Appended: Sources, Index. ISBN 9780393056099

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1977. HC. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0393056090 "Declassified and told at last--one of the great clandestine aventures of World War II." 224pp.

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1976. Dust jacket has a small (7mm) closed tear on bottom front edge.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (slightly faded)/DJ Very Good (price clipped). Octavo.

Hardback. Very Good.

Norton, 1977 224 p with 8 B&W plates and one map. Text is clean, tight and unmarked.. Previous owner's name sticker on first free page. DJ is bright and undamaged... First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: W. W. Norton. Hardcover. 1976. 1st Edition. 8vo 224pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations DJ price clipped One of the great sea stories of World War II. It is the tale of George Binney, a 39-year-old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun in 1940, who ran vital cargoes of Swedish war material to Britain through the German blockade in the Skagerrak, where the Luftwaffe was in complete control of the air and the Royal Navy dared not attempt to provide protection .

N.Y.: Norton. very nice copy; getting Swedish steel to Britain during WWII . Near Fine. Hardcover. First. 1977.

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated. Dust jacket is covered with mylar jacket protector. Foxing to pages and page edges . Good + . Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1977.

New York: Norton, 1977. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First American edition. Jacket price clipped, page ridges foxed. 1977 Hard Cover. 224 pp. Contains a detailed account of three important British naval blockade-running attempts from neutral Sweden during WWII.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., [1977]. 8vo. 224 pp. Numerous photo illusts. Half-blue cloth over blue boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (frnt flp clppd as issued), NF/NF. First edition of this tale of George Binney, who was a blockade runner bringing Swedish war material to Britain through the German blockade in the Skagerrak.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 224 pages; Price clipped dust jacket, wearing to dust jacket as well as the book. .

W. W. Nortonb & Company, Inc. , New York. DJ in archival cover price clipped. Stated first American edition. with a full number line starting with 1. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1977.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1976. book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chatto & Windus, 1976-10-21. Hardcover. Good/Good. Marks to page edges. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

London: Chatto & Windus. 1976. pp 224, Index, b/w plates, taped in news cutting, orig boards, near fine in like d.j. George Binney, a 39 year old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun in 1940, set about running vital cargoes of Swedish ball-bearing and steels to Britain through the blockaded Skagerrak. Boards.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2005. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. Sticker remnant to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise. . Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (0.9 kg); 224pp; Index; Cover art by Jon Wilkinson; Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps; List of sources; ISBN: 1-8441-5282-0 || 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 #193718|| Condition:

Leo Cooper Ltd, 2005-02-09. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.5980 in x 22.9825 in x 15.3883 in.

Pen and Sword. New in New dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. New hardback copies at a reduced price. ; Account of how George Binney, a civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun by the Germans in 1940, set about running vital cargoes of Swedish ball-bearings and special steels to Britain through the blockaded Skagerrak. Illustrated. Reprint of the study first published 1976.; 224 pages .