THE SEA DEVIL
THE STORY OF COUNT FELIX VON LUCKNER, THE GERMAN WAR RAIDER

AUTHOR - Lowell Thomas

PUBLICATION - William Heinemann Ltd London 1929

CONDITION - Blue cloth cover, rubbed and bumped at corners and edges, and top and bottom of spine. Spine is slightly discoloured but gilt titles are nice and bright. Some discolouration and front endpapers is split at hinge. Large previous owner's name and address on back of front endpaper page. Page block edges and pages adjacent to endpapers are foxed. Otherwise clean and tidy throughout and binding is good. No dustwrapper.

PRICE - $28

DESCRIPTION - The seagoing experiences of Count von Lucker. Luckner ran away to sea at the age of 13 and didn't return until he was 21. Having obtained a master's ticket, he then joined the German Navy. He saw action at Jutland before taking command of the auxiliary sailing ship Seeadler, which sank 14 Allied merchantmen without taking a single life. This larger than life character recounts in his own words his adventures of ships, sailors' sweethearts, brawls, dancing halls and prisons, and wartime episodes.

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