IN PERIL ON THE SEA a personal remembrance by BELL, ROBERT W. & D. BRUCE LOCERBIE - 1984

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good +/good. 284 pages, illustrated with black and white photo section. The dramatic story of a group of missionaries and their children on a ship sunk by a German U-boat attack during World War II and how one man's faith led to forgiveness. Bright blue cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Minor edge wear with a little bumping of corners and spine ends, minor scuffing of boards, former owner's address sticker on front free end paper, interior pages bright, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with white titles on front cover and spine shows a little edge wear, scratch down one side of front with scuffs at either eidge of front, a little tanning, not clipped.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1984 Doubleday and Company, Garden City, NY. 1984. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scattered tiny foxing to textblock top. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($14.95); scant shelfwear to DJ edges; light toning to spine. Blue paper over boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine. Maps as endpapers. 284 pp 8vo. The SS West Lashaway, a freighter, was off the coast of South America in August 1942 when she was attacked and sunk by German U-Boat, U-66. In addition to cargo, there were missionaries and their children who were fleeing the German Army in Africa. Nineteen survivors crowded onto a cargo raft, which did have food and water, and for twenty days floated on the ocean before being rescued by the HMS Vimy, a British destroyer. The author, Robert Bell, was 11 years old at the time. A true story of adventure, courage, and human spirit. A clean very presentable copy.

Doubleday, 1984-08. Hardcover. Good.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday Books, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Doubleday Books, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. 1st Edition . Half-Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 284 pp., map end papers, b/w photos. Torpedoed, left adrift on a Raft, Struggle for Survival, Hate, Forgiveness, Reunion. Survival at sea following the sinking of the freighter SS West Lashaway by a German U-boat, August of 1942. Signed presentation on the f.f.e.p., "To: Francis Pierson, With my best wishes, Robert W. Bell, May 29, 1988." Half cloth bound hard cover book in v.g. cond. The d/w shows some rubbing along the edges, corners & head & heel of the spiine, but generally in good cond. Not price-clipped. Former owner's ink sig. on attached end paper & top edge of book.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1984 Copy quarter bound with paper on boards. Jacket chipped and creased around edges with a few very small pieces missing. Spine rubbed at head/foot. Maps as end papers. Previous owners inscription on front paste down. Clean text and b/w plates

Doubleday, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. small rub to the front and minor chip to top of jacket spine