Monsarrat, Nicholas (ill. James Holland), — HMS MARLBOROUGH WILL ENTER HARBOUR.
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 boards lettered in white at spine, decorated in white upper board, 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, bump tail of spine, free endpapers partially browned, dustwrapper: rubbed with sl. loss at spine ends, several edges tears, repaired to reverse, very good in a good dustwrapper,