Description
On the Bottom
Commander Edward Ellsberg
FIRST EDITION
On the night of September 25, 1925 a steamship, City of Rome collided with the U.S. Navy submarine S-51 which sank in 132 feet of water, taking the lives of 33 sailors. This is the story of the men charged with doing the impossible―raising the thousand ton sub from the bottom of the sea.
Hardback. No dust jacket. Faded green cloth cover. Corners and ends of spine rubbed through. Book seller’s sticker on reverse of front endpaper. Decorative endpapers. Top edge of pages sprayed green. Rough cut edges – page before contents page still uncut.
324 pages
A few B&W plates
145 mm x 212 mm (approx. 5.75 in x 8.3 in)
1929, Blue Ribbon Books, New York