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2 Medical Deep Diving Books & Hell On Ice by Ellsberg

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2 Medical Deep Diving Books & Hell On Ice by Ellsberg

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Collection of 3 vintage diving related books. First book is titled A Bibliographical Sourcebook of Compresed Air, Diving and Submarine Medicine Volume III from the Office of Naval Research, 1966, 306 pages, has stamps on inside and outside edge from Medical Department Submarine Squadron 15. Second book is titled Medical Aspects of Sport Diving by Christopher W. Dueker, 1974, 4th printing, 232 pages, dust jacket original. Last book is the classic Hell On Ice by Commander Edward Ellsberg, 1938, 418 pages, no dust jacket, back cover hinge loose.

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