Monsarrat at Sea by Monsarrat, Nicholas - 0000-00-00

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG-; bluish gray pictorial spine with black text; first edition; dust jacket has only light exterior wear; mylar wrap to exterior; mildly toned flaps; cloth has mild exterior wear; lightly sunned spine; minor edge wear; strong boards; text block exterior edges have light foxing; interior clean; pp 342. 1344914. FP New Rockville Stock.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Monsarrat at Sea, Monsarrat, Nicholas. Published by Cassell and Company, London, 1975. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 342 pages. Blue cloth boards, silver spine titles. Boards lightly bowed; tiny crack (1mm) back hinge. Binding remains firm and contents are otherwise fine without marks, tears or folds. Unclipped dust-jacket has light top edge ruffling; light, back cover tail end has short crease and taped portion with 4mm loss of top glossy layer. "True stories (some lightly fictionalized) of Monsarrat's sometimes nightmarish and grisly North Atlantic stint as a Royal Naval officer on convoy duty in WW II. The collection includes three complete memoirs--H.M. Corvette, East Coast Corvette, Corvette; the stories ""H.M.S. Marlborough Will Enter Harbor,"" ""The Ship That Died of Shame,"" and other pieces; and a vivid chunk from his autobiography, ""Monsarrat--sailor, surgeon, scribe, sexton."" Aside from the not included The Cruel Sea, by far his most impressive and humanized effort, the pieces… Read More

London: Cassell, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Type: Book

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,ex-public library,1st edn thus.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn but a price-clip to dw/dj.An ex-public library book,so no owner inscrptn - but a red+green inked 'WITHDRAWN FROM PLYMOUTH LIBRARY SERVICES' library stamp to front free endpaper and white paper security(?) label pasted to front pastedown - both of which could stand sympathetic replacement - these are the ONLY public library notation/indications to the entire book.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj - seascape to front and author's portrait colour photograph to rear,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - just a miniscule rub with reciprocal loss to front,lower corner.Inevitable sunning/fading - as usal/normal - to spine/ backstrip of dw/dj.Head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing,and a tiny,tiny snick to head of same too.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - no foxing/ spotting;… Read More

Cassell, 1975. 1st edition.This book is a collection of short stories and reflections bracketing Three Corvettes, Monsarrat's memoirs of life as a RNVR officer during WWII.. Hardback. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper.