224pp, 14pp of black and white photographic plates. Blue cloth-covered boards, dark blue titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Sun fading to covers, soiling, bumping to edges. Text block edges foxing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some loss, shelf wear, folds, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. The Lieutenant-Commander tells the story of the submarine from the time of man's earliest attempts to build an underwater craft onwards.