Basic Scuba, by Fred M. Roberts, 1960. This scuba collector`s "Bible" came out in two different editions.

Hardcover, dust jacket, 386 pages, mono prints and drawings. (top)
Covers the usual themes - equipment, theory and practical skills required, "self-rescue" and water safety, in such detail that even today this is a useful text, for little has changed when it comes to scuba on air. Roberts also wrote on underwater photography.