U-Boat 977
SCHAEFFER, Heinz
Preface by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl of Cork and Orrery. Foreword by Nicholas Monsarrat. [Second Impression.]
NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Published: Kimber, [1952]
Stock code: 51871
Price: £96.00
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, 8 plates, front endpaper plan and rear endpaper map, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Published in the same month as the first edition. Vividly written first-hand account by the captain who took his boat to Argentina after the Surrender and created the world-wide rumour that he had carried Hitler with him. EARLY PRINTINGS ARE NOW SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.430; Law, 1728 (recording the first edition).