Recounts one of the greatest sea stories of World War II. It is the story of how George Binney, a 39 year-old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun by the Germans in 1940, set about running vital cargoes of Swedish ball-bearings and special steels to Britain through the blockaded Skagerrak, where German air strength was dominant and where the Royal Navy dare not trespass. Despite Admiralty gloom and in the face of political objections that were overcome by Binney's persistence, five ships carrying a ...
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Recounts one of the greatest sea stories of World War II. It is the story of how George Binney, a 39 year-old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun by the Germans in 1940, set about running vital cargoes of Swedish ball-bearings and special steels to Britain through the blockaded Skagerrak, where German air strength was dominant and where the Royal Navy dare not trespass. Despite Admiralty gloom and in the face of political objections that were overcome by Binney's persistence, five ships carrying a year's supply of valuable materials for the expanding British war industries were successfully sailed to Britain in January 1941. A following attempt was not as successful and ended when six ships were sunk or scuttled. But then came the saga of the Little Ships, the motor gunboats flying the Red Duster that operated out of the Humber to and from the Swedish coast in the winter of 1943/44, defying the strengthened German defenses and the wrath of severe weather.
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New York, W.W. Norton, 1977, hardcover, 224 pp, First U.S. Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, touch of foxing to text block edges. Dustjacket price-clipped, light edge nicks, short closed tear to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The unlikely but true story of George Binney who, with his makeshift crew and fleet of stranded Norwegian ships, ran vital cargoes of war materials through the German blockade in the Skagerrak from 1940 to 1944. Illustrated with 12 pages of black-&-white photographs, a few tables and a map. Appended: Sources, Index. ISBN 9780393056099.
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8vo. 224 pp. Numerous photo illusts. Half-blue cloth over blue boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (frnt flp clppd as issued), NF/NF. First edition of this tale of George Binney, who was a blockade runner bringing Swedish war material to Britain through the German blockade in the Skagerrak.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 224 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. One Of The Greatese Sea Stories Of The Second World War.
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Very Good. Slightly Frayed DJ. 224pp Illus. Index. Swede George Binney, with crews of Swedish engineers and Norwegian patriots, ran a blockade of Swedish material out into the North Sea and on to England. (Loc 900/1)
