#BDIV - Dive, The Complete Book of Skin Diving by Rick and Barbara Carrier, Funk & Wagnalls, New York.  Copyright 1955,  this is the newly revised 1973 edition by Charles Berlitz. Hardcover with 285 pages and original dust jacket. Loaded with actual photos, charts and a cut-away drawings makes this one of the best references to vintage gear ever written.  Ex-library copy with "discard" stamp and reference pouch on first blank page. Otherwise excellent condition with dust jacket that was sealed in plastic since new.   Price $20.00.

#BTLS - THE Living Sea, by Captain Jacques Cousteau with James Dugan, Copyright 1963 (First Edition) by Harper & Row Publishers, New York. New adventures and discoveries of the famous undersea explorer and author of The Silent World. First edition hardcover with 325 pages and original dust jacket. Great color and black and white photos. Short inspription inside front cover and dust jacket shows some wear- otherwise excellent condition.   Price $17.00.

#USN59 - U.S. Navy Diving Manual (NAVSHIPS 250-538), January 1959. I believe this was the first updated Navy Diving Manual since the 1943 edition. Several hundred pages, loaded with actual photos, charts and drawings. Covers deep sea diving (Mark V), open circuit scuba (Scott Hydro-Pak, USD AquaMaster), closed circuit rebreathers (Laru, Pirelli Model LS-901, British CDBA and Draeger Model Lt. Lund II) and much more.  Cover has discoloring along the spine edge and other areas. Inside pages are clean and bright and look unused. Price $75.00.

#BMFD - A Manual for Free-Divers Using Compressed Air, by D.M. Owen, Woods Hole, Mass.  Copyright 1955, by Peragon Press, London-New York, this edition is a "3rd Impression 1958". Hardcover with 62 pages and original dust jacket. Loaded with actual photos, charts and a cut-away drawing of an AquaLung, this was one of the first instructional books for  the new sport of scuba diving. Original dust jacket shows some wear, otherwise excellent condition-  Price $40.00.

#BLWS - Lady With A Spear, by Eugenie Clark,  Copyright 1953, by Harper & Brothers, New York, First Edition hardcover with original dust jacket and 244 pages. 16 pages of actual photos, and some drawings throughout the book. "A personal memoir by a young scientist who has found delight and and adventure exploring the tropical waters of three oceans in search of rare and bizzare fish". Original dust jacket shows some wear and chipping but is sealed in a  milar sleeve. Book is in very good condition-  Price $15.00.

#USN70 - U.S. Navy Diving Manual (NAVSHIPS 0994-001-9010), March 1970. Several hundred pages (manual is 2 inches thick!), loaded with actual photos, charts and drawings. Covers introduction to diving,  underwater physics, deep sea diving (Mark V), open circuit scuba (USD AquaMaster), closed circuit rebreathers, emergency procedures, marine life,  and much more. Cover has a few minor spots, otherwise a very clean copy in excellent condition. Price $60.00.

#USNH - U.S. Navy Diving AND Manned Hyperbaric Systems Safety Certification Manual (SS521-AA-MAN-010), October 1987. Six chapters and 12 Appendix's (manual is 1/2 inch thick). Clean, unused manual with nice plastic cover. Hard to find.  Price $15.00.

#NOA75 - The NOAA Diving Manual- Diving for Science and Technology.  1975 Edition printed by the United States Department of Commerce. Oversize manual with several hundred pages (manual is 1 inch thick), loaded with actual photos, charts and drawings. 17 chapters include everything from diving physics and physiology to commercial saturation diving and everything inbetween along with decompression and treatment tables. One of the most complete diving manuals ever published. Cover shows wear and has a small piece missing in lower left hand corner- otherwise manual is in excellent condition with clean pages and NO inscriptions. . Price $25.00.