The Battle of the Narrow Seas: A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945 (Signed)

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Country Life Limited, London.

BINDING
Blue grey clothe boards with navy blue lettering and design.

BOOK CONDITION
Boards are faded and shelf worn at edges. A little foxing and staining to printed pages. Photographic plates are largely clean.

DUST JACKET
Intact, but very worn. Tears have previously been mended with tape. 

EDITION
1946 reprint of 1945 first edition.

DESCRIPTION
Authors signature beneath his portrait photograph opp. p 145. Produced to wartime economy standards. Coloured reproductions of eight oil paintings by the author and approx. 70 black and white photographs and drawings. Further decorative drawings throughout text. Maps on endpapers, and four more within book. Approx. 20 x 25cm. 228 pp.

SYNOPSIS
Written by a Lieutenant-Commander who took a prominent part in the long and bitter struggle to keep convoy routes open and protect Channel ports.