Their object was to land men and cargo in Norway for the Norwegian Underground, and to rescue refugees and carry them to Britain. The heroes of the book are Norwegian sailors, fishermen and merchant seamen, who had escaped to Shetland after the invasion of Norway by Germany in 1940. A story of heroism and endeavour and of adventure at sea. 'The Story of the Special Norwegian Naval Unit based on Scotland. Cream boards with blue lettering on spine, blue illustration on front board.

x, 220, pages + 20 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. 1955 reprint of 1953 edition, of a title first published in 1951. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. Some tape and adhesive residue to edges of dust-jacket. Previous owner's initials on front endpaper. Some of the journeys were 2,000 miles long and lasted three weeks, and all of them were made in the depth of the sub-Arctic winter in fishing boats from fifty to seventy feet long, sailing alone between Norway and Shetland in some of the stormiest seas of the world.' - from dust-jacket blurb of a different edition.

253, pages + 5 illustrations on 2 plate leaves. 1955 paperback reprint of a title first published in 1951.

The Shetland Bus by David Howarth