Alexander Kent [Douglas Reeman] — The Darkening Sea

London, Heinemann, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this gripping nautical war novel from the author's 'Bolitho' series, in the bright unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This is the twenty-first Richard Bolitho novel, from the popular nautical war series published under the author's pseudonym, Alexander Kent (i.e. Douglas Reeman). This instalment sees Kent's naval hero return to England and finds a brief respite before being ordered to the Indian Ocean, where a new conflict rises.  In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with sunning to the spine and light edge wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.