ONLY FOUR ESCAPED: The Sinking of the Submarine Thetis.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: William Sloane Associates, 1959. dj. Hardcover first edition - The "hour-by-hour account of the bravery, bungling, helplessness and heroism of men trapped by the sea." On June 1, 1939, the Submarine Thetis sailed out of Liverpool Bay with 103 men on board for diving trials, but on the very first dive it failed to surface - the escape hatch jammed, and help was too slow in coming. Originally published in England under the title "The Admiralty Regrets." Illustrated with photographs, and maps and diagrams. Index. x, 219 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some toning to the pages and the dj)
Book ID: 67658
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