Hardcover, (with hand-written personal letter to the previous owner from Author Clive Cussler on his personal letterhead) 1976 2nd Printing (10-2 number line) Viking Press 314 pages. Very Good, in a VG+ DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to lime green cloth spine with blue and gilt titles over dark blue cloth boards - corners sharp. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear and some age-toning to edges of unclipped DJ - now in mylar. Authors third novel. Personal hand-written letter (full page of writing) is a discussion of the cost for a real effort to raise the ship (Titanic) in 1977 (the date of the letter) and a heartfelt thank you for the previous owners appreciation and enjoyment of the book. Uncommon and scarce signed ephemera from a very popular and collected author. LOC FB-03