Author: MALLALIEU J.P.W.
Title: Very Ordinary Seaman. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
Description: Gollancz,, [1944]. 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in navy full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Fictionalised but accurate account of the author's five months in a destroyer on the Murmansk run. Generally considered one of the finest accounts of life at sea; certainly a minor classic of WWII. A LOVELY COPY OF THE SCARCE ORIGINAL EDITION. Law, 1062.

Keywords: naval, ww2,wwii, royal navy, destroyers, convoys, arctic convoys, kola, murmansk, mallalieu


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