New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First American Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. The format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11 inches. Unpaginated (approximately 300 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Along with general wear and tear the dust jacket has a large tear on the back cover. Chronicles submarine warfare in the North Atlantic during the Second World War, and describes the battles above and below the surface. Lothar-Günther Buchheim (February 6, 1918 – February 22, 2007) was a German author and painter. He is best known for his novel Das Boot (1973), which became an international bestseller and was adapted in 1981 as an Oscar-nominated film. Buchheim was a Sonderführer in the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War, writing as a war correspondent about his experiences on minesweepers, destroyers and submarines. He also made drawings and took photographs. As a Leutnant zur See in the autumn of 1941, Buchheim joined Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock and the crew of U-96 on her seventh patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. His orders were to photograph and describe the U-boat in action. From his experiences, he wrote a short story, "Die Eichenlaubfahrt". Buchheim ended the war as an Oberleutnant zur See. He photographed and wrote about his experience. He wrote U-Boat War, which is a non-fiction work that includes more than 5,000 of his photos from the U-96. He was an art collector who founded a museum to house his collection. More

Place_Pub: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First American Edition. 463, plan, endpaper plans, slight soiling to fore-edge, boards somewhat scuffed, spine lettering somewhat faded. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First American Edition. 2nd Pre-Pub. Printing. 463, plan, endpaper plans, some spotting to fore-edge, slightly cocked, sticker residue on front DJ. More