Description
The first edition of The Discovery of the Bismarck by Robert D. Ballard, signed by Bismarck survivor Bruno Rzonca.
Octavo, [232pp]. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt. The first printing, with no additional printings noted. Light wear to cloth, internally clean. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $35.00 retail price on the front flap, light shelf wear to both panels, a very good example.
Signed on the half title by Bismarck survivor, Bruno Rzonca.
Maschinenobergefreiter Bruno Rzonca was one of 116 survivors of nearly 2500 men aboard Bismarck when she was scuttled on May 27, 1941. He was released from POW camp in 1947, later emigrating to the United States in the 1950’s. He was the only Bismarck survivor to live in the United States. Rzonca died in 2004.
