The Blockade Busters

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. … Read more about this item

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

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, 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… Read more about this item

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.

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

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

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

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”… Read more about this item

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 & 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.

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.

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. .

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

New York: Norton, 1977. 224pp w/ 1 table, 1 facsimile of document and 2 maps, plus 12 pages with 32 bw photos. Story of two convoys bringing material from Sweden to England: one successful in January 1941, the second in 1942 lost 6 ships of the 8 that set sail. Story of the Motor Gun Boats under the Red Duster… Read more about this item

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

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.

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… Read more about this item

Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 1976. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket 224pp., b/w plates, maps, sources, index, Account of the small ships that carried Swedish ball-bearings & other war supplies to Britain in WW2