Rowland Walker — M.T. B. Captain: A Sea Yarn

London, A. & C. Black Ltd , 1943. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this thrilling story concerning the Motor Torpedo Boats, with the scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The scarce first edition. With the publisher's unclipped wartime economy dust wrapper, also scarce. With a frontispiece and three plates illustrated by Stuart Tresilian. Collated, complete. A juvenile naval fiction concerning the Motor Torpedo Boats in the English Channel, offering an exciting story of adventurous raids and military installations. Written by Rowland Walker, who specialised in writing juvenile fiction largely influenced by the ongoings of war, with this volume published as a companion book for his series which chronicles the events of the country's different services. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart, with scattered spots and handling marks visible to the wrap and light edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a few small spots to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Stuart Tresilian. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.