a Manual for Free-Divers Using Compressed Air by David M. Owen

Pergamon Press, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1956. 3rd Impression. 62 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean.

Pergamon, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1956. Third Impression. 62 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. 'Skinner's Handbook for Skin Divers' tucked into front of book with rusting to binding. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Frontispiece is very loose from binding. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Rust staining to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Scuffing and light marking overall. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

Pergamon Press, London, 1955, 2nd.impression, cloth, 62pp., photos., folding charts, G $

N. Y.: Pergamon Press, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing. 62 pp., 13 photos, 5 figures (some folding charts), biblio, hardcover in blue cloth, no dustjacket. An excellent, very early reference on scuba diving. Scarce. Very good condition with no serious flaws, light wear to extremities, owner's name inside, spine a bit faded but still legible.