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Australasian Publishing Company, publishers, Sydney - first edition, 1942. hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾" (without jacket). Spine cloth sun-faded; 'shadow' to front board; rear spine edge beginning to fray. Book in GOOD condition. Inscriptions SIGNED BY THREE LEADING PERSONNEL IN THIS EPIC ACT OF DEEP-SEA SALVAGE - Captain James W Herd; Captain J Williams, and Chief Diver John E Johnstone ('Johnno'). The 'Niagra', carrying 2.5 miilion pounds of Bank of England gold, struck a German mine and sunk off the New Zealand coast in 1940. This book is a first-hand account of the salvage operation by an Australian syndicate using a refitted 200 ton coastal trader, the 'Claymore', for over a year to recover the bullion.