{"product_id":"hunt-the-altmark-by-richard-wiggan-1982-1st-edition","title":"HUNT THE ALTMARK by Richard Wiggan 1982 1st edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eHUNT THE ALTMARK\u003cbr\u003e\nby Richard Wiggan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 0709197373\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small cloth hardcover with dust jacket \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Robert Hale 1982, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 140 w x 220 h x 20 h \u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 176\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2408\/0365\/K569\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nThe story of the Altmark, a German tanker that slipped into a Norwegian fjord in 1940, a supply ship to the Admiral Graf Spee, comprising of 300 British merchant seamen taken prisoner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA party from HMS Cossack rescued the prisoners, setting the seal on what became known as 'The Altmark Affair'. The incident was made the subject of a propaganda exercise by both the British and Germans. The author has tried to separate the truth from the myth of this headline-making event of the early days of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome images and maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nExcellent with wear\/spine fading on dust jacket and clipped jacket flaps, pages otherwise clean and unmarked, no stamps or inscriptions, binding tight. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrior sales $60, priced accordingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce locally\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452070510884,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2140067132.jpg?v=1784230070","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/hunt-the-altmark-by-richard-wiggan-1982-1st-edition","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}