Author: Monsarrat, Nicholas (ill. James Holland),
Title: HMS MARLBOROUGH WILL ENTER HARBOUR.
Description: Cassell, London, 1952, 1st thus, 93pp, double pictorial title and 18 two colour in text illustrations by James Holland, large format about 10 x 8 inches, purple cloth covered bds. lettered in white at spine, decorated in white upper bd., wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Holland, first illustrated and first separate edition of this short story which first appeared in 'Depends What you Mean by Love', HMS Marlborough, a sloop returning from Iceland to the Clyde for refit after 14 months of North Atlantic convoy duty is torpedoed and this is the story of her survival, cloth a little dusty, endpapers partially browned, 3 line ink inscr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: price clipped and rubbed at extrems. with several small chips and short closed tears, internally repaired, very good in a good dustwrapper,

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