The Poseidon Adventure.-

A collection of 32 volumes used by Paul Gallico in researching his novels The Poseidon Adventure and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, topics including knots, shipping law, diving, sea planes and cooking on ships, occasionally featuring the author’s annotations and labels, including: Walton (Thomas) Know Your Own Ship, 27th edition, with three ‘Don’t Forget’ notes loosely inserted, 1957; v.s., mixed condition (32)

*** The 'don't forget' notes include: “You’re the all-American family. Oh - I don’t know, we stick together [...] air tanks almost empty.”; “Filling water ballast tanks while rolling may prove disastrous, water sloshes and increases angle of heel until tanks are full.”