Author: HUGHES, ROBERT; BURNETT, ADMIRAL SIR ROBERT (FOREWORD)
Title: Through the Waters: A Gunnery Officer in H.M. S. Scylla 1942-43
Description: London: William Kimber, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. "A record, entirely factual, of the life of a happy and therefore efficient unit of the Royal Navy in war. The author, who served during his short career both on the Lower Deck and in the Wardroom, writes with intimate knowledge of those with whom he sailed. For anyone who wishes to read of the Navy this book will be intensely interesting, with not a dull moment, and it has the abiding virtue; it is true." - Foreword. Illustrated endpapers. 202 pages. Black and white photographic plates. No dust jacket. Former library copy with usual markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Moderate lean to spine. A worthy reading copy. Enser p.118.; 8vo. Fair with no dust jacket .

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