Add this copy of The Hunters and the Hunted: Adventures of Italian Naval to cart. $17.50, very good condition, Sold by West Side Book Shop, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1958 by United States Naval Institute.
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Near Fine in J Very Good + jacket. 8vo Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. viii, 179 (1) pp, list of b&w illustrations and diagrams, Part 1. Ocean-Going Submarines: I. Commerce Raiding; II. Betasom; III. U-Boats; IV. Shift to the Atlantic; V. Salvatore Todaro, the Knight Errant; VI. Atlantic Incidentss; VII. Torelli's Career; VIII. Pittoni and Bagnolini: IX. Tramping to Singapore. Part 2. Adventures in Uniform: X. Invading Crete; XI. The Attack that Failed; XII. The Kasbah; XIII. Villa Carmela; XIV. The Ghost Ships. Part 3. Convoys: XV. The Battle of African Convoys; XVI. Blackade Runners; XVII. A Drama in Two Acts; XVIII. Da Mosto's Last Fight; XIX. Commander Ignazio Castrogiovanni; XX. Commander Enea Picchio. Part 4. Four Brave Men: XXI. Admiral Carlo Bergamini; XXII. Carlo Fecia Di Cossato; XXIII. Human Torpedoes; XXIV. Olterra's Commander; Appendix: Italian Submarines in the Atlantic. Translated by M. Gwyer. First American Edition, 1958. "Admiral Cocchia's narrative begins early in the war when he was Chief of Staff at the Italian Submarine base at Bordeaux. From this position he describes encounters with the British merchantmen, the Italian methods of slipping through the Straits of Gibraltar, the sinking of the cruiser Calypso, and the transformation of Italian submarines into unarmed cargo boats to take suplies to Japan. He proceeds to reccount the Italian landings on Crete and is followed by a description of the defense of Tobruk, the Battle of the Convoys in the Mediterranean, the sinking of the battleship Roma by the Germans after the Italian armistice, and the attemps on Gibraltar by human torpedoes." from the jacket flap. Price clipped with inked name on front pastedown. 1" closed tear to top edge spine dj with light rubbing around tear and minor edge wear to top and bottom spine edges of same. Only the faintest edge wear to bottom edge spine and front board tip, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with black lettering to spine. ~Click on BOOKSTORES to browse our extensive listings of similar titles in Military History~
Add this copy of The Hunters and the Hunted: Adventures of Italian Naval to cart. $18.50, very good condition, Sold by Kisselburg Military Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Potomac, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1958 by Naval Inst..
Add this copy of The Hunters and the Hunted: Adventures of Italian Naval to cart. $21.00, very good condition, Sold by Bingo Used Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1958 by United States Naval Institute.
Add this copy of Hunters and the Hunted: Adventures of Italian Naval to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Shoemaker Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gettysburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1958 by Naval Institute Press.
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Very Good to Near Fine in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 180pp. Full dark green cloth; near fine. Pages very lightly age-toned, else contents very good. Full page half-tone illus. Pictorial dj; spine moderately toned, rear panel lightly toned, else good. Admiral Cocchia, was Chief of Staff at the Bordeaux submarine base early in WWII; later he directed Italian amphibious operations against Crete, and commanded a destroyer squadron in 1942. WWII from an Italian naval perspective.
Add this copy of The Hunters and the Hunted: Adventures of Italian Naval to cart. $62.02, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Ayer Co Pub.
