Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1981. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 328 pp. Quarter-bound in blue cloth on blue boards; lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. A fast-paced novel based on the story of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the ship that carried the atom bomb from San Francisco to the Pacific island from which it was launched. When the ship sailed, few knew the nature of her precious cargo; the Japanese would have given much to find out; and the Americans had taken extraordinary precautions to be sure that they never would... until sometime later... And this Investigates the real reasons behind the loss of hundreds of U.S. sailors in shark-infested waters after the Indianapolis was sunk on the return trip of its secret mission to deliver the atom bomb....

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Bookseller: W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 223405
Title: THE DEVIL'S VOYAGE - A Novel
Author: Chalker, Jack L
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0385152841
ISBN 13: 9780385152846
Publisher: Doubleday and Company
Place of Publication: Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1981
Size: 8vo
Keywords: world war two; ii; 2; 2nd; second; pacific theater; japan; japanese; bomb; shooting; killing; guns; weapons; soldiers; massacre; world war; strategy;
Bookseller catalogs: Historical adventure;

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W. Fraser Sandercombe

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We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.

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