Submariner
Anscomb, Charles [Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney Raw K.B.E., C.B.] Louis H. Roddis, Jr. (1918-1991)
(Book #ID 106158)
Published by William Kimber & Co. Ltd., 46 Wilton Place, London First Edition 1957. 1957.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, gilt back. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 203 + v pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. From the private library of Louis H. Roddis, Jr. who was the 15th President of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and a Fellow of ANS, with his illustrated bookplate inside. Following his graduation, Roddis was assigned to sea duty for three years, and was in Pearl Harbour during the Japanese bombing on December 7, 1941, where he and others helped to rescue some of the crewman from the Oklahoma, ink name to the front free end paper 'Craig Nixon'. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small chips across the spine ends and corners, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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