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#BMFD - A Manual for Free-Divers Using Compressed Air, by D.M. Owen, Woods Hole, Mass. Copyright 1955, by Peragon Press, London-New York. 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. Excellent condition- very scarce. Price $75.00. |
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#BMFDa - Second copy- same as above only "3rd Impression 1956" |
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#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. |
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#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. |
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#BDV1 - DIVE, by Rick & Barbara Carrier, Copyright 1955 (this is a 1956 edition), by Wilfred Funk, Inc., New York. Hardcover, 294 pages with many great photos showing classic vintage gear. One of the first scuba instructional books. Inscription on title page, otherwise very good condition with reproduction dust jacket. Price $23.00. |
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#BDV2 - DIVE, by Rick & Barbara Carrier, newly revised by Charles Berlitz, Copyright 1973, by Wilfred Funk, Inc., New York. Hardcover, 285 pages with many new photos and updated information. Ex-library edition, with excellent original dust jacket (different than the 1955 edition). Book in very good condition. Price $27.50. |
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#BSDS - Sport's Illustrated Skin Diving and Snorkeling by Barry Allen. Copyright 1973, by J.B. Lippincott Company, New York. Hardcover, 96 pages with many new photos and illustrations. Ex-library copy. Price $7.50. |
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#BEDF - EXPLORING THE DEEP FRONTIER, by Sylvia A. Earle and Al Giddings. Oversized hardcover with 296 pages and nearly 400 actual photographs and drawings. Copyright 1980 by the National Geographic Society. A wonderful chonicle of undersea exploration; past, present and future. Book and dust jacket in excellent condition. Price $25.00. |
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#BDST - Diving For Sunken Treasure by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Philippe Diole. 1971 hardcover with 302 pages, 112 color photographs and reproduction dust jacket. Price $15.00. |
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#BSDC - THE SPORT DIVING CATALOG, compiled and edited by Herb Taylor, 1982, St. Martins Press. Softcover, 288 pages. A resource book for all snorkelers and scuba divers, including information on dive organizations, travel, wreck diving, cave diving, ice diving, gold diving, underwater photography, treasure hunting, boats for divers, underwater archaeology, and much more. Hundreds of photos, many showing gear available at that time. Great reference, very good condition. Price $15.00. |
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#BRDS - Rocket Divers - The Deep-Sea Adventure Series from Harr Wagner Publishing Company, San Francisco , Copyright 1967. This was one of a series of basic readers (grades 4-6) that were based on scuba diving. The book has illustrations, multible choice questions and a vocabulary. Ex-library copy with the usual stampings and markings but inside pages are clean. Hard to find outside of the West Coast. Price $12.50. |
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Vintage British Sub-Aqua Club Diving Log Book. 20 pages, measures 4 by 6 inches. New old stock! Price $9.00. |
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#BHSUB - THE SUBMARINE - A HISTORY, by Thomas Parrish. 2004, Viking Penguin Group. Brand new hardcover with dust jacket and 576 pages. Originally published at $29.95. Our Price $12.00. |
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#BSKS - Skin & Scuba, a Videopro Manual, by Divers Video Network, copyright 1980. Loose-leaf manual in three-ring binder. Several hundred pages. A complete scuba diving introductory course. This manual was designed to be used in conjunction with a 13 lesson Skin & Scuba System 100U video cassette program. Manual only - no cassettes. Price $10.00. |
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#BSG1 - SHIP OF GOLD IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA, by Gary Kinder. 1998, Atlantic Monthly Press. Describes the salvage of the SS Central America that sank off of the Carolina coast in 1857 with 22 tons of California gold on board. Brand new, originally published at $27.50. Price $10.00. |
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